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Table 2 Comparison of the top 30 small areas with high mortality as measured by SMR with their results for CMF and LE: findings from the National Health Information Database of Korea, 2013–2017

From: Comparison of three small-area mortality metrics according to urbanity in Korea: the standardized mortality ratio, comparative mortality figure, and life expectancy

ID

Type

SMR

(95% CI)

CMF

(95% CI)

LE

(95% CI)

SMR rank (highest to lowest)

(1)

CMF rank

(highest to lowest)

(2)

LE rank

(lowest to highest)

(3)

(1)–(2)

(1)–(3)

862

Rural

181.8

(166.1,198.9)

189.0

(172.6,207.0)

74.8

(73.6,76.1)

1

1

3

0

− 2

778

Metropolitan

157.6

(139.4,178.2)

164.3

(144.6,186.7)

76.1

(74.1,78.1)

2

3

7

− 1

− 5

2952

Metropolitan

153.9

(143.7,164.8)

156.5

(145.8,168.0)

77.2

(76.1,78.3)

3

6

32

− 3

− 29

112

Rural

153.8

(141.7,166.9)

164.3

(151.1,178.8)

76.5

(75.3,77.6)

4

2

13

2

− 9

2302

Metropolitan

151.0

(137.7,165.6)

148.4

(134.9,163.3)

78.4

(77.3,79.3)

5

17

78

− 12

− 73

1248

Metropolitan

148.3

(133.3,165.0)

142.4

(127.8,158.6)

79.0

(77.6,80.4)

6

39

145

− 33

− 139

2934

Metropolitan

144.7

(134.2,156.0)

145.5

(134.7,157.2)

78.4

(77.4,79.3)

7

24

76

− 17

− 69

3266

Rural

143.8

(117.7,175.6)

153.1

(124.0,189.0)

76.4

(71.9,80.0)

8

13

10

− 5

− 2

1619

Metropolitan

141.3

(128.9,154.9)

133.5

(120.9,147.3)

79.1

(78.1,80.2)

9

134

167

− 125

− 158

3179

Metropolitan

140.1

(127.9,153.5)

124.3

(112.2,137.7)

79.4

(78.3,80.5)

10

379

238

− 369

− 228

2103

Metropolitan

140.0

(128.8,152.2)

137.9

(126.5,150.4)

79.2

(78.3,80.1)

11

77

185

− 66

− 174

3213

Metropolitan

139.5

(125.7,154.9)

139.1

(125.2,154.6)

78.1

(76.7,79.5)

12

65

57

− 53

− 45

1710

Metropolitan

139.2

(124.4,155.8)

137.6

(122.4,154.7)

79.0

(77.6,80.3)

13

82

141

− 69

− 128

1327

Metropolitan

139.1

(128.2,150.9)

139.1

(127.9,151.2)

78.7

(77.7,79.7)

14

66

104

− 52

− 90

1273

Metropolitan

137.9

(127.3,149.3)

139.3

(128.3,151.2)

79.0

(78.1,80.0)

15

63

152

− 48

− 137

1813

Rural

137.8

(115.3,164.7)

147.1

(120.5,179.4)

77.7

(74.0,81.1)

16

18

41

− 2

− 25

1228

Metropolitan

136.8

(127.9,146.3)

138.3

(129.3,148.0)

79.0

(78.3,79.8)

17

71

153

− 54

− 136

197

Metropolitan

135.9

(122.0,151.4)

144.3

(128.8,161.7)

78.1

(76.6,79.5)

18

29

56

− 11

− 38

1993

Rural

135.5

(119.4,153.8)

136.4

(118.7,156.9)

78.6

(75.6,80.9)

19

92

92

− 73

− 73

2754

Metropolitan

135.4

(122.6,149.5)

140.6

(127.0,155.6)

79.2

(78.1,80.3)

20

53

181

− 33

− 161

3263

Metropolitan

135.4

(123.0,149.1)

140.4

(127.0,155.4)

79.6

(78.6,80.6)

21

55

279

− 34

− 258

1009

Metropolitan

135.4

(122.4,149.8)

136.8

(123.1,151.9)

78.4

(76.8,79.8)

22

89

73

− 67

− 51

961

Metropolitan

135.4

(125.4,146.2)

134.7

(124.7,145.5)

79.0

(77.8,80.2)

23

109

144

− 86

− 121

766

Metropolitan

135.4

(123.6,148.3)

131.9

(120.1,144.8)

79.3

(78.4,80.1)

24

174

201

− 150

− 177

2323

Rural

135.3

(117.6,155.6)

132.5

(114.9,152.8)

79.7

(78.1,81.3)

25

158

316

− 133

− 291

1421

Metropolitan

134.8

(124.4,146.1)

137.0

(126.1,148.9)

79.1

(78.2,80.0)

26

86

159

− 60

− 133

1244

Rural

134.6

(122.4,148.0)

141.8

(128.5,156.5)

78.3

(77.0,79.6)

27

42

72

− 15

− 45

1274

Metropolitan

134.6

(122.8,147.6)

134.8

(122.8,147.8)

78.8

(77.7,80.0)

28

108

117

− 80

− 89

1650

Metropolitan

134.4

(120.1,150.4)

139.5

(124.0,157.1)

79.1

(77.5,80.6)

29

62

161

− 33

− 132

488

Rural

134.3

(116.8,154.5)

154.5

(128.0,186.5)

79.1

(77.9,80.1)

30

10

157

20

− 127

  1. Notes. CI confidence interval, CMF comparative mortality figure, LE life expectancy, SMR standardized mortality ratio
  2. SMR and CMF were rescaled by multiplying by 100
  3. Metropolitan corresponds to dong, urban to eup, and rural to myeon