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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the Index of Spatial Accessibility and of the Physician Population Ratio separately, by medical specialty and combined in a composite index – Department of Nord (expressed for 100,000 inhabitants)

From: Assessment of the spatial accessibility to health professionals at French census block level

 

Index of spatial accessibility

Physician population ratio

 

Min

Mean (Sda)

Max

Min

Mean (Sda)

Max

General Practitioners

1

92.5 (35.1)

245

0

89. 3 (127.6)

2032

Midwives

0

21.6 (11.1)

49

0

21.0 (101.2)

1344

Gynecologists

0

20.7 (8.6)

41

0

21.5 (112.1)

2441

Composite indexb

0,42

39.41 (13.9)

92

0

38.1 (74.5)

1120

  1. aStandard deviation
  2. bComposite index resulting from the first component explaining 80 % of total variability obtained with principal component analysis