Table 3 Correlation between patients/100,000/municipality and sociodemographic-, patient- and medical-related variables.
From: Disparity in the use of Alzheimer's disease treatment in Southern Brazil
Spearman’s rho (P value) * | |
|---|---|
HDI | 0.32 (< .0001) |
GDP per capita | 0.21 (< 0.001) |
Income per capita | 0.28 (< 0.0001) |
% Rural domicile | ns |
Education | |
% Illiteracy | −0.16 (< 0.001) |
% Elementary | 0.19 (< 0.0001) |
% High school | 0.19 (< 0.0001) |
% University | 0.17 (< 0.001) |
% Female | ns |
Patients' age | ns |
% age ≥ 65 years | ns |
MMSE | ns |
Deaths from AD/100,000 inhabitants | ns |
Physicians/100,000 inhabitants | 0.17 (< 0.001) |
Experience as a physician (in years) | ns |
