Medical schools in India: pattern of establishment and impact on public health - a Geographic Information System (GIS) based exploratory study

Table 2 Correlation between medical school density and MMR, ID and IMR

Medical schools per 10 million population	Spearman Correlation	MMR	ID	IMR
Total	Correlation Coefficient	−.623^a	.384^b	−.365^b
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.01	0.02	0.03
New (2009–19)	Correlation Coefficient	−0.42	0.13	0.09
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.09	0.45	0.61
Old (before 2009)	Correlation Coefficient	−.570^b	.444^a	−.329^b
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.01	0.01	0.05

MMR Maternal Mortality ratio, ID Institutional deliveries, IMR Infant mortality rate
Spearman’s rho
^a. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
^b. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)

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