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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of geographical units of parishes, municipalities, and NUTS III at mainland Portugal in 2011

From: The relevance of spatial aggregation level and of applied methods in the analysis of geographical distribution of cancer mortality in mainland Portugal (2009–2013)

 

Geographical units

Mean population

n

Minimum (km2)

Maximum (km2)

Mean (km2)

Standard deviation

Quartile 1 (km2)

Quartile 3 (km2)

Parishes

4050

0.05

435.31

22.00

35.39

5.14

23.00

2481

Municipalities

278

7.94

1720.60

320.46

283.60

134.42

399.52

36,142

NUTS III

28

814.58

8542.72

3181.75

2182.56

1563.12

4149.76

358,844