Table 4.
Regression model results of MMR, LBW and PMR among the western, central, and eastern region of China, 2012–2017
| Variable | Western | Central | Eastern | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMR | LBW | PMR | MMR | LBW | PMR | MMR | LBW | PMR | |
| Primary care physicians per 10,000 population | −9.007*** (−11.639 to −6.375) | −0.210* (−0.380 to −0.041) | −0.691*** (− 0.946 to − 0.436) | −1.324 (−3.948 to 1.301) | 0.142 (− 0.107 to 0.390) | −0.584** (− 1.004 to − 0.164) | −1.359 (− 2.871 to 0.152) | 0.067 (− 0.005 to 0.140) | −0.110 (− 0.279 to 0.059) |
| Specialty care physicians per 10,000 population | 0.219 (− 5.776 to 6.214) | 0.068 (− 0.318 to 0.455) | −0.364 (− 0.945 to 0.217) | −0.503 (− 3.368 to 2.363) | −0.007 (− 0.279 to 0.264) | 0.435 (− 0.024 to 0.894) | 1.601 (− 0.569 to 3.771) | −0.056 (− 0.160 to 0.048) | 0.150 (− 0.093 to 0.392) |
| GDP per capital (10,000 Yuan) | −1.941 (− 10.308 to 6.427) | 0.103 (− 0.436 to 0.642) | −0.389 (− 1.200 to 0.422) | −1.837 (− 6.861 to 3.187) | 0.051 (− 0.425 to 0.527) | 0.481 (− 0.324 to 1.286) | −0.742 (− 2.635 to 1.151) | 0.095* (0.004 to 0.185) | 0.187 (− 0.024 to 0.399) |
| Proportion of illiterate population aged 15 and above, % | −1.698* (− 3.063 to − 0.333) | −0.020 (− 0.108 to 0.068) | −0.284*** (− 0.416 to − 0.152) | −0.047 (− 1.844 to 1.751) | −0.069 (− 0.239 to 0.101) | −0.015 (− 0.303 to 0.273) | 0.994 (− 0.973 to 2.961) | −0.003 (− 0.097 to 0.091) | 0.053 (− 0.167 to 0.273) |
| Registered urban unemployment rate, % | −7.817 (− 17.674 to 2.041) | −0.305 (− 0.940 to 0.330) | −0.146 (− 1.102 to 0.809) | −3.868 (− 7.965 to 0.230) | −0.145 (− 0.533 to 0.243) | 0.031 (− 0.626 to 0.687) | −0.724 (− 5.935 to 4.487) | 0.152 (− 0.097 to 0.401) | 0.279 (− 0.304 to 0.861) |
| Penetration rate of sanitary toilets in rural areas, % | 0.177 (− 0.299 to 0.653) | 0.014 (− 0.016 to 0.045) | −0.005 (− 0.051 to 0.041) | −0.148 (− 0.486 to 0.190) | −0.010 (− 0.042 to 0.022) | −0.015 (− 0.069 to 0.040) | −0.106 (− 0.550 to 0.338) | −0.009 (− 0.030 to 0.012) | 0.003 (− 0.046 to 0.053) |
| Constant | 218.322*** (127.057 to 309.587) | 5.417 (− 0.463 to 11.298) | 29.298*** (− 2.343 to 2.680) | 74.347** (34.456 to 114.239) | 1.464 (− 2.316 to 5.244) | 6.908* (0.517 to 13.299) | 17.264 (− 48.502 to 83.031) | 2.916 (− 0.228 to 6.060) | 0.161 (− 7.182 to 7.514) |
| Observations | 72 | 72 | 72 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 66 | 66 | 66 |
| Number of provinces | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| R-squared (within) | 0.640 | 0.317 | 0.712 | 0.329 | 0.534 | 0.791 | 0.203 | 0.819 | 0.790 |
*p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001. Year fixed effects not shown. 95% CI was in the parentheses