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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of all variables in 31 provinces of China, 2012–2017

From: Association of primary care physician supply with maternal and child health in China: a national panel dataset, 2012–2017

Variable

Mean (95% CI)

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Primary care physicians per 10,000 population

15.56 (13.66 to 17.47)

15.69 (13.71 to 17.68)

15.66 (13.58 to 17.74)

15.69 (13.62 to 17.77)

15.66 (13.76 to 17.57)

16.08 (13.86 to 18.29)

Maternal mortality rate (1/100,000)

20.66 (9.59 to 31.73)

19.78 (10.13 to 29.44)

17.72 (10.83 to 24.61)

16.32 (9.89 to 22.74)

16.63 (9.80 to 23.46)

16.32 (10.38 to 22.26)

Low birth weight, %

2.45 (2.12 to 2.78)

2.55 (2.16 to 2.94)

2.65 (2.32 to 2.99)

2.68 (2.34 to 3.02)

2.82 (2.49 to 3.14)

2.97 (2.62 to 3.32)

Perinatal mortality rate, ‰

7.06 (5.61 to 8.51)

6.46 (5.28 to 7.65)

6.16 (5.08 to 7.23)

5.78 (4.67 to 6.90)

5.91 (4.79 to 7.03)

5.39 (4.34 to 6.43)

Specialty care physicians per 10,000 population

10.90 (9.73 to 12.06)

11.60 (10.47 to 12.73)

12.13 (10.99 to 13.28)

12.90 (11.72 to 14.08)

13.60 (12.38 to 14.82)

14.47 (13.22 to 15.72)

GDP per capital (10,000 Yuan)

4.34 (3.61 to 5.06)

4.70 (3.94 to 5.47)

5.07 (4.26 to 5.88)

5.31 (4.46 to 6.17)

5.56 (4.62 to 6.51)

6.13 (5.14 to 7.13)

Proportion of illiterate population aged 15 and above, %

5.98 (3.77 to 8.18)

5.99 (3.40 to 8.58)

6.22 (3.72 to 8.71)

6.77 (4.35 to 9.18)

6.45 (3.89 to 9.02)

4.71 (3.07 to 6.36)

Registered urban unemployment rate, %

3.32 (3.09 to 3.56)

3.31 (3.07 to 3.56)

3.28 (3.04 to 3.52)

3.26 (3.02 to 3.51)

3.26 (3.01 to 3.50)

3.18 (2.95 to 3.42)

Penetration rate of sanitary toilets in rural areas, %

71.21 (65.62 to 76.80)

73.60 (68.11 to 79.09)

75.20 (69.82 to 80.58)

77.89 (73.03 to 82.74)

79.43 (74.78 to 84.07)

80.76 (76.04 to 85.48)