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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the key variables included in analyses

From: Income inequality and alcohol attributable harm in Australia

Variable

Total

LGA Mean

Min

Max

N LGAs

Population

18726897

29725

85

880519

630

SEIFA disadvantage

na

982.3

406.4

1151.5

630

Gini coefficient

na

.181

.105

.280

580

ARIA score

na

4.145

0

15

624

Major cities

 

0.015

0

0.160

103(17%)

Inner regional

 

1.295

.201

2.389

145(23%)

Outer regional

 

3.962

2.424

5.912

230(37%)

Remote

 

7.667

5.966

10.469

77(12%)

Very remote

 

12.974

10.731

15

69(11%)

Morbidity

     

   Number acute wholly-alcohol-caused

9317

21.8

1

211

 

   Number chronic wholly- alcohol-caused

10150

23.7

1

281

 

   Number controls

64654

151.1

1

1304

 

   (Gini coefficient used)

na

.183

.119

.280

 

Mortality

     

   Number acute wholly-alcohol- caused

170

0.3

1

5

 

   Number chronic wholly- alcohol-caused

715

1.3

1

16

 

   Number controls (acute)

136

0.2

1

7

 

   Number controls (chronic)

11161

19.9

1

191

 

   (Gini coefficient used)

na

.182

.105

.280

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