Table 1 Basic characteristics of 1,895 Japanese municipalities in average (SD), stratified by the quantile values of average nighttime light (NTL).

From: Indirect and direct effects of nighttime light on COVID-19 mortality using satellite image mapping approach

 

Overall

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

p-for-trend

COVID-19 mortality per 10,000

3.33 (3.47)

3.54 (5.55)

2.92 (2.97)

3.05 (3.67)

3.10 (1.85)

4.03 (1.73)

< 0.01

Absorbing aerosol index (AAI)

-0.69 (0.13)

-0.75 (0.11)

-0.75 (0.10)

-0.73 (0.09)

-0.67 (0.08)

-0.52 (0.10)

< 0.01

Average temperature

16.88 (2.74)

15.94 (3.36)

16.19 (2.95)

16.57 (2.52)

17.60 (2.11)

18.10 (1.83)

< 0.01

Average humidity

70.62 (3.60)

71.99 (3.44)

71.65 (3.39)

70.81 (3.58)

69.92 (3.52)

68.71 (3.05)

< 0.01

Prop of residents aged < 15

0.33 (0.09)

0.43 (0.09)

0.38 (0.06)

0.32 (0.06)

0.28 (0.05)

0.24 (0.04)

< 0.01

Prop of residents aged ≥ 65

0.12 (0.02)

0.11 (0.03)

0.12 (0.02)

0.12 (0.02)

0.13 (0.02)

0.13 (0.02)

< 0.01

Average household taxable income (in 10 million Yen)

37268.77 (107971.49)

1266.69 (6734.15)

3109.02 (6398.99)

8716.64 (22227.85)

23536.09 (44411.02)

149715.41 (199264.00)

< 0.01

# of restaurants

426.80 (806.07)

67.83 (212.25)

153.27 (210.52)

301.20 (511.21)

598.34 (919.49)

1013.36 (1210.35)

< 0.01

Prop of single-person households

0.33 (0.09)

0.35 (0.08)

0.30 (0.08)

0.30 (0.08)

0.30 (0.06)

0.39 (0.10)

< 0.01

Prop of employees in tertiary industry

0.31 (0.04)

0.29 (0.05)

0.30 (0.04)

0.30 (0.05)

0.31 (0.03)

0.33 (0.03)

< 0.01

Population density (per km2)

1886.46 (3262.88)

193.33 (135.78)

352.02 (224.25)

638.26 (461.25)

1413.43 (961.77)

6883.01 (4511.24)

< 0.01