Spatial-temporal analysis of cerebral infarction mortality in Hokkaido, Japan: an ecological study using a conditional autoregressive model

Table 3 Results of exploratory analysis by the non-spatial generalized Poisson model

Variables	Coefficient	95% CI	z-score	VIF
Intercept	-0.237	-0.384, -0.092	-3.192
Physicians (per 10,000)	0.001	-0.000, 0.002	1.150	2.322
General hospitals (per 10,000)	0.148	0.118, 0.176	9.719	2.389
Clinics (per 10,000)	0.006	0.001, 0.011	2.313	1.480
Distance to PSC (km)	0.001	0.001, 0.002	4.304	1.711
Emergency hospitals (per 10,000)	-0.131	-0.166, -0.096	-7.296	2.496
Ratio of people who completed college and university studies (%)	-0.717	-1.179, -0.254	-3.037	2.958
Proportion of workers in secondary industries (%)	1.165	0.869, 1.460	7.726	1.607
Proportion of workers in tertiary industries (%)	-0.043	-0.234, 0.148	-0.443	2.412

CI; Confidence interval, VIF; Variance inflation factor, PSC; Primary stroke center

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