Table 1.
List of the 47 prefectures with the VCI sorted in descending order.
| Prefecture | Region | VCI | Prefecture | Region | VCI | Prefecture | Region | VCI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kochi | R7 | 3.0363 | Niigata | R4 | 1.5874 | Mie | R5 | 0.7897 |
| Tottori | R6 | 2.6072 | Akita | R2 | 1.5608 | Hiroshima | R6 | 0.6908 |
| Tokushima | R7 | 2.4586 | Nara | R5 | 1.5127 | Kyoto | R5 | 0.6715 |
| Yamanashi | R4 | 2.0790 | Toyama | R4 | 1.4755 | Tochigi | R3 | 0.6453 |
| Wakayama | R5 | 2.0748 | Okinawa | R8 | 1.4667 | Fukuoka | R8 | 0.6275 |
| Yamagata | R2 | 2.0486 | Nagano | R4 | 1.4298 | Miyagi | R2 | 0.5692 |
| Fukui | R4 | 1.9398 | Oita | R8 | 1.4257 | Tokyo | R3 | 0.5567 |
| Shiga | R5 | 1.8096 | Ishikawa | R4 | 1.3611 | Hyogo | R5 | 0.5446 |
| Saga | R8 | 1.8029 | Gihu | R4 | 1.3297 | Hokkaido | R1 | 0.4477 |
| Yamaguchi | R6 | 1.7925 | Kagoshima | R8 | 1.2651 | Saitama | R3 | 0.4102 |
| Nagasaki | R8 | 1.7479 | Ehime | R7 | 1.0439 | Okayama | R6 | 0.4030 |
| Miyazaki | R8 | 1.7330 | Shizuoka | R4 | 1.0000 | Osaka | R5 | 0.3348 |
| Kagawa | R7 | 1.7123 | Aichi | R4 | 0.9146 | Chiba | R3 | 0.2920 |
| Gunma | R3 | 1.6865 | Ibaraki | R3 | 0.8921 | Kanagawa | R3 | 0.2821 |
| Kumamoto | R8 | 1.6241 | Aomori | R2 | 0.8723 | Fukushima | R2 | 0.2277 |
| Shimane | R6 | 1.6028 | Iwate | R2 | 0.8252 |
The higher the VCI, the higher the levels of societal concern towards vaccines or vaccination. The Region column indicates the larger geographic region where each prefecture is located. There are eight regions in Japan: Hokkaido (R1), Tohoku (R2), Kanto (R3), Chubu (R4), Kansai (R5), Chugoku (R6), Shikoku (R7), and Kyushu and Okinawa (R8).