Table 2b.
Comorbidity factors for each Italian region used as independent variables in the statistical analysis.
| Region | Ischemic heart disease deaths/pop (%)a |
Circulatory system diseases deaths/pop (%)a |
Cerebrovascular diseases deaths/pop (%)a |
Diabetes mellitus deaths/pop (%)b |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2013) | (2013) | (2013) | (2009) | |
| Aosta Valley (1) | 0.048 | 0.129 | 0.029 | 0.051 |
| Piedmont (2) | 0.043 | 0.147 | 0.043 | 0.059 |
| Liguria (3) | 0.048 | 0.142 | 0.035 | 0.039 |
| Lombardy (4) | 0.045 | 0.130 | 0.033 | 0.051 |
| Trentino-South Tyrol (5) | 0.048 | 0.127 | 0.026 | 0.074 |
| Veneto (6) | 0.044 | 0.132 | 0.030 | 0.059 |
| Friuli Venezia Giulia (7) | 0.052 | 0.139 | 0.033 | 0.048 |
| Emilia-Romagna (8) | 0.046 | 0.134 | 0.031 | 0.044 |
| Tuscany (9) | 0.042 | 0.137 | 0.040 | 0.081 |
| Umbria (10) | 0.056 | 0.143 | 0.035 | 0.108 |
| Marche (11) | 0.051 | 0.137 | 0.035 | 0.061 |
| Lazio (12) | 0.057 | 0.152 | 0.034 | 0.051 |
| Abruzzo (13) | 0.060 | 0.164 | 0.038 | 0.042 |
| Molise (14) | 0.059 | 0.170 | 0.041 | 0.102 |
| Campania (15) | 0.069 | 0.197 | 0.051 | 0.059 |
| Apulia (16) | 0.047 | 0.145 | 0.031 | 0.045 |
| Basilicata (17) | 0.051 | 0.162 | 0.039 | 0.047 |
| Calabria (18) | 0.048 | 0.175 | 0.044 | 0.033 |
| Sicily (19) | 0.053 | 0.179 | 0.053 | 0.082 |
| Sardinia (20) | 0.041 | 0.129 | 0.033 | 0.059 |
Numbers in round brackets are referred to Regions reported in Fig. 3.