Table 2 Sample characteristics: ambulatory care sensitive conditions and their determinants in Portugal, 2000–2014

Rate of ACSC hospitalizations per 1000 inhabitants

8.59

3.31

0.18

22.00

12.55

4.65

4.67

28.15

Total population

35,415

56,851

1918

563,475

35,503

56,926

1739

509,312

Adult population (≥ 18 years old)

28,391

46,286

1597

480,710

29,297

46,549

1457

422,951

Elderly population (≥ 65 years old)

5839

9742

498

132,637

7314

12,069

391

141,742

Proportion of elderly (≥ 65 years) (%)

21.08

6.59

8.42

40.84

24.37

6.09

11.81

44.97

Proportion of males (%)

47.85

1.18

43.10

53.01

47.01

1.07

43.12

52.48

Proportion of illiterate people (%)

14.04

5.72

3.90

33.25

6.76

3.32

1.75

17.57

Purchasing power

66.65

28.91

33.72

305.19

82.40

17.26

57.89

201.75

Primary care physicians per 1000 inhabitants

0.76

0.20

0.17

1.79

0.71

0.21

0.00

1.44

Diabetes mortality rate per 1000 inhabitants

0.46

0.27

0.00

1.46

0.69

0.39

0.00

2.77

COPD mortality rate per 1000 inhabitants

0.95

0.52

0.00

3.49

1.22

0.82

0.00

6.22

Heart disease mortality rate per 1000 inhabitants

1.25

0.82

0.14

7.11

1.01

0.56

0.22

4.32

Population density (N.°/km²)

307.00

870.11

6.60

7517.70

303.90

830.88

4.40

7397.70