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Table 2 Characteristics of societal clusters.

From: Variations in societal characteristics of spatial disease clusters: examples of colon, lung and breast cancer in Japan

Comparison of societal indices and population density among societal clusters (SC).

Variable

Societal cluster

 

SC1 (N = 507)

SC2 (N = 1483)

SC3 (N = 1246)

SC4 (N = 124)

Index 1: high unemployment and overcrowding

0.89 ± 0.66

-0.08 ± 0.63

-0.54 ± 0.74

2.69 ± 1.23

Index 2: high income and educational level

1.56 ± 1.06

-0.06 ± 0.64

-0.45 ± 0.62

-1.13 ± 0.69

Population density (log)

8.04 ± 0.84

5.75 ± 0.63

3.68 ± 0.83

6.44 ± 1.31