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Table 1 Descriptive statistics (N = 369 secondary medical areas)

From: Widening disparity in the geographic distribution of pediatricians in Japan

Variable

Mean

SS

Minimum

Maximum

Population

343797

383514

25070

2484326

Population density (/km2)

1056

2342

15

15774

Increase rate of population (%)

-1.20

2.57

-6.97

8.96

Population under 15 years old

49258

53444

3183

361868

Population density under 15 years old (/km2)

144

290

2

1729

Increase rate of population under 15 years old (%)

-6.30

4.51

-18.54

10.62

Income per capita (million yen)

1.24

0.30

0.65

2.99

Beds per 1000 population

10.51

3.47

1.43

24.90

CWP per 100,000 population under 15 years old

50.19

30.93

0

393

Increase of CWP per 100,000 population under 15 years old

2.01

16.63

-123.11

61.46

  1. CWP, core workforce pediatricians.