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Table 1 Workplace municipalities of board-certified physicians ages 30 to 49, classified by population density

From: Geographical distribution of family physicians in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional study

  

Quintile of municipalities sorted by population densitya

Total

1

2

3

4

5

 

Family physicians

N

27**+

49**+

75**+

138**+

230**

519

%

5.2%

9.4%

14.5%

26.6%

44.3%

100.0%

General internists

N

62

271

873

2599

8142

11,947

%

0.5%

2.3%

7.3%

21.8%

68.1%

100.0%

Surgeons

N

51

302

894

26009*+

7723**

11,570

%

0.4%

2.6%

7.7%

22.5%

66.8%

100.0%

Obstetricians and gynaecologists

N

7**

121

318**

1085

1435**+

5268

%

0.1%

2.3%

6.0%

20.6%

70.9%

100.0%

Paediatricians

N

17**

148

545

1435*

4774*+

6919

%

0.2

2.1

7.9

20.7

69.0

100.0%

All physiciansb

N

747

3846

10,830

29,489

92,675

137,587

%

0.5

2.8

7.9

21.4

67.4

100.0%

  1. aQuintile 1 < = 433.14, Quintile 2 < = 1195.59, Quintile 3 < = 3155.03, Quintile 4 < = 10,845.34, Quintile 510,845.34+ people per square kilometer
  2. bAll physicians were not included in the residual analysis
  3. Residual analysis based on chi square test which examines the difference between the real and expected value at each cell.
  4. *+: greater than expected value. P < 0.05
  5. **+: greater than expected value. P < 0.001
  6. *: less than expected value. P < 0.05
  7. **: less than expected value. P < 0.001