Table 1.
Cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in Japan, monthly inbound visitors from China in January 2020, and old-age dependency ratio in 2019
| Prefecture | Mean temperature in February 2020 | COVID-19 cases per 1,000,000 population on March 17, 2020 | Inbound visitors from China per 1,000 population in January 2020 | Old-age dependency ratio in 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido | −2.1 | 26.7 | 11.1 | 53.3 |
| Aomori | 0.9 | 0 | 0.1 | 56.0 |
| Iwate | 1.0 | 0 | 0.7 | 57.1 |
| Miyagi | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 44.9 |
| Akita | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0 | 66.0 |
| Yamagata | 2.5 | 0 | 0.002 | 58.2 |
| Fukushima | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 51.9 |
| Ibaraki | 6.2 | 0 | 2.02 | 47.4 |
| Tochigi | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0 | 46.1 |
| Gunma | 6.6 | 2.5 | 0 | 48.8 |
| Saitama | 6.2 | 3.6 | 0 | 41.9 |
| Chiba | 8.9 | 4.7 | 35.3 | 43.6 |
| Tokyo | 8.3 | 6.4 | 8.64 | 34.3 |
| Kanagawa | 8.9 | 5.3 | 0 | 39.5 |
| Niigata | 5 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 55.3 |
| Toyama | 5.5 | 0 | 1.1 | 55.0 |
| Ishikawa | 6.3 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 49.2 |
| Fukui | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 50.9 |
| Yamanashi | 6.4 | 2.3 | 0 | 50.7 |
| Nagano | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0 | 54.2 |
| Gifu | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 50.2 |
| Shizuoka | 9.4 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 49.4 |
| Aichi | 7.1 | 15.8 | 11.5 | 39.6 |
| Mie | 7.5 | 2.7 | 0 | 49.1 |
| Shiga | 5.9 | 1.4 | 0 | 42.1 |
| Kyoto | 6.9 | 5.3 | 0 | 48.5 |
| Osaka | 8 | 10.2 | 37.09 | 43.8 |
| Hyogo | 8.2 | 9.8 | 0.01 | 46.9 |
| Nara | 6.3 | 2.9 | 0 | 52.5 |
| Wakayama | 8.3 | 13.0 | 0 | 56.6 |
| Tottori | 6.6 | 0 | 1.0 | 55.1 |
| Shimane | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 61.6 |
| Okayama | 6.7 | 0 | 0.6 | 51.1 |
| Hiroshima | 7.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 48.9 |
| Yamaguchi | 7.3 | 0.7 | 0.002 | 61.5 |
| Tokushima | 8.4 | 0 | 0.006 | 57.1 |
| Kagawa | 7.6 | 0 | 2.6 | 53.4 |
| Ehime | 8.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 56.7 |
| Kochi | 9 | 14.4 | 0 | 62.6 |
| Fukuoka | 9.7 | 0.56 | 4.5 | 45.1 |
| Saga | 8.8 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 51.1 |
| Nagasaki | 9.8 | 0 | 0.4 | 56.3 |
| Kumamoto | 8.9 | 2.8 | 0.09 | 53.5 |
| Oita | 8.7 | 0.8 | 0.003 | 57.1 |
| Miyazaki | 10.4 | 0.9 | 0.02 | 56.0 |
| Kagoshima | 11.4 | 0 | 0.6 | 55.4 |
| Okinawa | 18.7 | 2.2 | 16.6 | 34.6 |
COVID-19; novel coronavirus infection.