Population migration, spread of COVID-19, and epidemic prevention and control: empirical evidence from China

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Table 2 Hubei-related population migration and numbers of infected people

Rank	Province	PHM	Province	PMH	Province	P	Province	NCOV
1	Hubei	–	Hubei	–	Guangdong	10,724	Hubei	68,127
2	Guangdong	397.34	Henan	44.89	Shandong	9789	Guangdong	1395
3	Zhejiang	124.51	Hunan	28.8	Henan	9436	Henan	1273
4	Shanghai	73.55	Guangdong	20.79	Sichuan	8140	Zhejiang	1218
5	Jiangsu	60.77	Chongqing	20.65	Jiangsu	7960	Hunan	1018
6	Beijing	49.39	Anhui	20.6	Hebei	7384	Anhui	990
7	Fujian	43.96	Jiangxi	17.32	Hunan	6737	Jiangxi	935
8	Hunan	25.08	Sichuan	15.97	Anhui	6083	Shandong	763
9	Tianjin	23.51	Zhejiang	15.59	Hubei	5816	Jiangsu	631
10	Sichuan	15.04	Shandong	13.34	Zhejiang	5508	Chongqing	576
11	Jiangxi	12.49	Fujian	13.06	Guangxi	4754	Heilongjiang	558
12	Yunnan	12.25	Jiangsu	12.33	Yunnan	4714	Sichuan	540
13	Henan	10.93	Hebei	8.63	Jiangxi	4542	Beijing	419
14	Anhui	10.62	Guizhou	8.38	Liaoning	4391	Shanghai	339
15	Shaanxi	10.33	Shaanxi	7.26	Heilongjiang	3833	Hebei	318
16	Shandong	9.76	Guangxi	6.67	Fujian	3806	Fujian	296
17	Hebei	9.4	Yunnan	5.21	Shaanxi	3775	Guangxi	252
18	Shanxi	8.86	Shanxi	4.85	Shanxi	3648	Shaanxi	245
19	Guizhou	8.05	Gansu	4.85	Guizhou	3508	Yunnan	174
20	Guangxi	7.97	Xinjiang	4.38	Chongqing	2991	Hainan	168
21	Xinjiang	7.73	Shanghai	3.37	Jilin	2752	Guizhou	146
22	Chongqing	7.6	Heilongjiang	3.19	Gansu	2591	Tianjin	136
23	Hainan	7.15	Hainan	2.91	Inner Mongolia	2505	Shanxi	133
24	Gansu	4.24	Inner Mongolia	2.74	Shanghai	2426	Liaoning	125
25	Qinghai	3.23	Beijing	2.67	Xinjiang	2298	Jilin	93
26	Liaoning	2.85	Liaoning	2.11	Beijing	2152	Gansu	92
27	Heilongjiang	2.74	Jilin	1.92	Tianjin	1517	Inner Mongolia	77
28	Inner Mongolia	2.73	Tianjin	1.65	Hainan	903	Xinjiang	76
29	Jilin	2.18	Qinghai	1.23	Ningxia	662	Ningxia	75
30	Ningxia	0.99	Tibet	0.76	Qinghai	583	Qinghai	18
31	Tibet	0.85	Ningxia	0.6	Tibet	318	Tibet	1

Notes: PHM, number of people who migrated from Hubei to another province; PMH, number of people who migrated from another province to Hubei; P, number of permanent residents in each province; NCOV, number of infected people. “Rank” represents sorting the value of each variable from high to low. The data of PHM and PMH were obtained from the 2015 China 1% National Population Sample Survey, the data of P were obtained from the 2015 China Statistical Yearbook, and the data of NCOV were obtained from the China’s National Health Commission (as of May 2, 2020)

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