Table 4.

Mann-Whitney test for individual variables by municipality category

Year	Age				Sex (proportion of men)				Distance in kilometres
	Mean (SD)				Mean (SD)				Mean (SD)
	Lower rates	Higher rates	U	Signif.*	Lower rates	Higher rates	U	Signif.	Lower rates	Higher rates	U	Signif.*
2013	70.70 (4.64)	71.43 (2.65)	8737	0.168	0.511 (0.214)	0.465 (0.130)	8256*	0.036	88.50 (50.25)	46.13 (30.58)	4187*	<0.001
2014	70.90 (4.50)	71.02 (2.64)	9466	0.772	0.499 (0.198)	0.486 (0.121)	9025	0.343	84.11 (52.25)	46.08 (32.22)	4835*	<0.001
2015	70.62 (4.07)	71.35 (2.92)	8553	0.098	0.519 (0.179)	0.486 (0.110)	8484	0.079	81.04 (51.11)	42.62 (25.65)	4701*	<0.001
2016	70.58 (3.71)	71.61 (2.62)	7656*	0.004	0.500 (0.169)	0.503 (0.099)	9218	0.576	73.52 (49.44)	40.99 (28.36)	5098*	<0.001
2017	72.30 (5.37)	71.66 (2.71)	7826	0.135	0.480 (0.244)	0.511 (0.127)	7989	0.218	69.69 (53.74)	41.89 (32.51)	6238*	<0.001
2018	72.26 (4.70)	72.02 (2.56)	8553	0.449	0.523 (0.233)	0.484 (0.107)	8246	0.216	82.88 (72.94)	66.42 (65.37)	7586*	0.002

*Significant difference by Mann-Whitney U-test between categories of municipalities (p<0.05)