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Table 1 Comparison of regional statistics between non-carnival region and carnival region in 2018

From: Why crowding matters in the time of COVID-19 pandemic? - a lesson from the carnival effect on the 2017/2018 influenza epidemic in the Netherlands

Variables

Non-carnival region

Carnival region

No. of inhabitants

12,310,248

4,870,836

No. inhabitants per km2a

437

435

Degree of urbanityab

4

4

No. mortality

107,166 (0.9)

46,197 (0.9)

Sex

 Male

6,095,518 (49.5)

2,431,523 (49.9)

 Female

6,214,730 (50.5)

2,439,313 (50.1)

Age groups (year)

 0–15

2,030,940 (16.5)

731,684 (15.0)

 15–25

1,517,463 (12.3)

599,350 (12.3)

 25–45

3,081,548 (25.0)

1,141,066 (23.4)

 45–65

3,424,685 (27.8)

1,415,232 (29.1)

 ≥ 65

2,255,612 (18.3)

983,504 (20.2)

Marital status

 Unmarried

6,036,871 (49.0)

2,250,736 (46.2)

 Married

4,730,875 (38.4)

1,979,300 (40.6)

 Separated

951,717 (7.7)

372,909 (7.7)

 Widowed

590,785 (4.8)

267,891 (5.5)

Type of family homea

 Single family home (%)

80

85

 Multiple family home (%)

20

15

  1. a Median of the region
  2. b According to the environmental address density, an urban class has been assigned to every neighborhood, district or municipality. The following class division has been used: 1, very strong urban> = 2500 addresses per km2; 2, strongly urban 1500–2500 addresses per km2; 3, moderately urban 1000–1500 addresses per km2; 4, few urban 500–1000 addresses per km2; 5, non-urban < 500 addresses per km2
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