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Table 4 Correlation between RHP, CMR and CBR in Iran in 2006 and 2009

From: Geographic distribution of need and access to health care in rural population: an ecological study in Iran

Variable

Total sample

 

2006

2009

 

RHP a

RHP

CMR b

- 0.15 (0.42) d

0.37 (0.04)

CBR c

- 0.34 (0.06)

- 0.41 (0.03)

 

Outliers excluding sample e

CMR

- 0.06 (0.77)

0.31 (0.12)

CBR

- 0.24 (0.24)

- 0.31 (0.11)

  1. a Rural health houses per 1000 rural people
  2. b Crude Mortality Rate (per 1000 rural people)
  3. c Crude Birth Rate (per 1000 rural people)
  4. d Spearman rank order correlation with p values in parentheses.
  5. e Three provinces (Hormozgan, Semnan and South Khorasan) were excluded as outliers.
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International Journal for Equity in Health

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