Stephanie C Hicks, Rafael A Irizarry
A Guide to Teaching Data Science
The American statistician
present study investigated provincelevel distribution drivers infant mortality rate imr mainland china ecological analysis based publicly available data 31 provinces mainland china data provincelevel imrs 2020 obtained official websites healthcare commissions within province china health statistics yearbook 2021 data potential imr drivers retrieved china statistical yearbook 2021 geoda v1121 arcmap v102 software used examine provincelevel distribution imr global local spatial autocorrelations performed getisord g hotspots coldspots identified geodetector used analyse individual joint influence drivers imr imrs 2020 varied 191 760 per 1000 live births across provinces following statistically significant drivers q values 05 identified health literacy population 06673 male illiteracy rate 06433 proportion population older 65 years 06369 per capita government health expenditure 06216 forest coverage rate 05820 per capita disposable income 05785 per capita number hospitals 05592 per capita gross regional product 05410 sulfur dioxide concentration atmosphere 05158 following three interactions among drivers emerged strongest influences provincelevel imr proportion population 65 years per capita gross regional product q09653 forest coverage rate per capita gross regional product 09610 per capita government health expenditure sulfur dioxide 09295 imr mainland china varies substantially across country generally highwest loweast several factors interacting together contribute imr policies programmes reduce imr formulated according local conditions focus western provinces country