Table 4.

Description of the contextual variables by census tract.

Description of the contextual variables by por census tract
		Valencia (n = 259)		Catalonia (n = 591)
Variables
Census tracts		3,473		5,018
Cases MND by tract [n (%)]
0		3,229 (93.0)		4,485 (89.4)
1		230 (6.6)		481 (9.6)
2		13 (0.4)		46 (0.9)
3		1 (0.0)		6 (0.1)
Cases ALS by tract [n (%)]
0		3,264 (94.0)		4,538 (90.4)
1		199 (5.7)		440 (8.8)
2		10 (0.3)		37 (0.7)
3		0 (0.0)		3 (0.1)
Cases PMA by tract [n (%)]
0		3,447 (99.3)		5,004 (99.7)
1		25 (8.4)		14 (0.3)
2		1 (0.0)		0 (0.0)
Cases PLS by tract [n (%)]
0		3,463 (99.7)		5,014 (99.9)
1		10 (0.3)		4 (0.1)
Total population [n]		4,990,470		7,472,920
Population under 16 years		808,805		1,246,595 (missing = 64)
Population over 16 years		4,180,520		6,226,325
Population 16 to 64 years		3,336,200		4,978,106
Population 65 years and over		843,265 (missing = 14)		1,248,219
Men [n]		2,481,257		3,701,280
Men under 16 years		416,825 (missing = 17)		645,025 (missing = 114)
Men over 16 years		2,060,847 (missing = 17)		3,056,415
Men 16 to 64		1,693,039		2,520,051 (missing = 12)
Men 65 years and over		370,258 (missing = 33)		531,909 (missing = 72)
Women [n]		2,508,893		3,771,595
Women under 16 years		391,980 (missing = 17)		601,570 (missing = 122)
Women over 16 years		2,114,278 (missing = 15)		3,170,035
Women 16 to 64		1,643,225		2,456,554 (missing = 15)
Women 65 years and over		473,083 (missing = 31)		707,914 (missing = 74)
Deprivation index Mean (standard deviation)		0.082 (0.862)		− 0.470 (0.784)
Median (Q1–Q3)		0.110 (− 0.423–0.601)		− 0.503 (− 1.015–0.005)

MND moto neuron disease, ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, PMA progressive muscular atrophy, PLS primary lateral sclerosis.