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Table 2 Comparison of the numbers of inhabitants and surface areas

From: A generic method for improving the spatial interoperability of medical and ecological databases

 

N

Surface areaa

Number of inhabitantsb

Indexc

Median

IQRd

Indexc

Median

IQRd

SU_reference

 Communes

36,594

1

10.8

6.4–18.4

1

0.4

0.2–1.1

 Cantons

3708

13.6

146.2

66–209.6

24

10.4

5.5–20.4

 Départements

96

555.3

5986

5153–6811

1249.2

540.9

306.5–855.8

SU_analysis

5632

6.5

70

21.6–147.6

14.6

6.3

3.5–11.8

  1. Comparison of the numbers of inhabitants and surface areas for French administrative spatial units and the SU_analysis spatial unit, via calculation of the decline index for spatial resolution (2014 data)
  2. aSurface area (in square kilometres)
  3. bNumber of inhabitants (in thousands)
  4. cRatio between the median for the spatial unit and the median for the commune
  5. dInterquartile range
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International Journal of Health Geographics

ISSN: 1476-072X