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Table 1 General characteristics of urban communities

From: The association between income inequality and all-cause mortality across urban communities in Korea

Variable

25th percentile

50th percentile

75th percentile

Standard deviation

GC

0.298

0.318

0.353

0.041

RHI

0.218

0.233

0.260

0.033

80/20 ratio

5.550

6.570

8.155

1.965

All-cause mortality rate (/100,000)

378.5

416.3

441.7

48.8

Community population

165,980.8

280,277.0

363,011.0

143,540.9

Percent of over 65 years in community population (%)

8.9

10.8

13.8

4.1

Ratio of social welfare expenditure (%)

23.9

30.9

44.6

12.2

Number of physicians (/1,000)

1.6

2.0

2.8

2.5

Smoking rate (%)

22.0

24.0

25.0

2.7

Drinking rate (%)

56.0

59.0

61.0

4.9

  1. GC; Gini coefficient, RHI; Robin Hood index, 80/20 ratio; 80th:20th percentile share ratio