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Table 5 Distribution of population and household profile indicators among districts with and without medical school in 2019

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

Characteristics

All districts

District with at least one medical school till 2019

Districts which did not have a medical school till 2019

(N = 640)

N

Median

IQR

N

Median

IQR

Households with electricity

270

96.9a

91.5

98.9

370

90.4

77.0

97.8

Households using improved sanitation facility

270

52.1a

38.6

68.6

370

38.9

23.3

62.1

Households using clean fuel for cooking

270

46.6a

29.0

63.3

370

22.9

15.5

40.5

Women who are literate

270

72.6a

63.1

82.0

370

66.5

54.8

77.1

  1. aVery highly significant, significant Mann-Whitney U test