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Table 2 GEE analyses of all-cause mortality rate (%) in 2000 and 2010

From: All-cause mortality rate in China: do residents in economically developed regions have better health?

independent variables

model 1

model 2

model 3

model 4

model 5

β

95% CI

β

95% CI

β

95% CI

β

95% CI

β

95% CI

year 2010 (vs. 2000)

−0.27***

(−0.33, −0.21)

−0.27***

(−0.32, −0.21)

−0.21***

(−0.30, −0.13)

−0.37***

(−0.46, −0.28)

− 0.37***

(− 0.46, − 0.28)

Eastern (vs. Western)

−0.08

(− 0.20, 0.05)

    

−0.07

(−0.18, 0.04)

  

Northeastern (vs. Western)

− 0.70***

(− 0.89, − 0.51)

   

−0.27***

(− 0.41, − 0.12)

 

Central (vs. Western)

−0.38***

(− 0.51, − 0.26)

   

− 0.26***

(− 0.37, − 0.16)

 

urban (vs. rural)

  

−1.62***

(−1.76, −1.49)

 

−0.59***

(− 0.75, − 0.43)

 

suburban (vs. rural)

 

−0.68***

(−0.80, − 0.55)

 

− 0.47***

(− 0.58, − 0.37)

 

Interaction

       

Western x rural

    

Ref.

Eastern x urban

    

−0.77***

(− 1.02, −0.52)

Eastern x suburban

    

−0.58***

(−0.75, − 0.41)

Eastern x rural

    

−0.18**

(−0.30, − 0.05)

Northeastern x urban

    

−0.47**

(−0.80, − 0.14)

Northeastern x suburban

    

−0.55***

(−0.79, − 0.31)

Northeastern x rural

    

−0.69***

(−0.88, − 0.50)

Central x urban

    

−0.93***

(−1.17, − 0.68)

Central x suburban

    

−0.69***

(−0.89, − 0.49f)

Central x rural

    

−0.38***

(−0.49g, − 0.26)

Western x urban

    

−0.90***

(−1.12, − 0.68)

Western x suburban

    

−0.99***

(−1.20, − 0.79)

high school education or above (%)

  

−0.06***

(−0.07, − 0.05)

−0.04***

(− 0.05, − 0.04)

−0.04***

(− 0.05, − 0.04)

migrant (%)

  

−0.01***

(−0.02, − 0.01)

−0.01***

(− 0.02, − 0.01)

−0.01***

(− 0.01, 0.00)

aged under 5 (%)

  

0.02***

(0.01, 0.03)

0.01***

(0.01, 0.02)

0.01***

(0.00, 0.02)

aged over 65 (%)

  

0.27***

(0.25, 0.29)

0.27***

(0.25, 0.29)

0.26***

(0.24, 0.28)

population density

  

−0.00 a

(0.00, 0.00)

−0.00 b

(0.00, 0.00)

−0.00 c

(0.00, 0.00)

female-to-male ratio (%)

  

0.01

(0.00, 0.02)

0.01***

(0.01, 0.02)

0.02***

(0.01, 0.02)

minority (%)

  

0.01***

(0.00, 0.01)

0.00*** d

(0.00, 0.01)

0.00*** e

(0.00, 0.01)

  1. Note: *** P < .001; ** P < .01; * P < .05
  2. a0.0000659; b0.000015; c0.0000262; d0.004; e0.004; f0.4912; g0.4902