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Table 1 List of explanatory variables

From: The role of socioeconomic and climatic factors in the spatio-temporal variation of human rabies in China

Category

Description of dataset

Abbreviation

Unit

Data source

Environmental variables

digital elevation

DEM

m

USGS

digital slope

SLOPE

degree

USGS

Average temperature

AT

°C

MODIS

Human population density 2000

POPDENS

p/km2

National Statistics Bureau

Socioeconomic variables

Human population density 2005

POPDENS

p/km2

National Statistics Bureau

Human population density 2010

POPDENS

p/km2

National Statistics Bureau

Ratio of illiteracy

ROI

p/million

National Statistics Bureau of China

Ratio of middle school and above

RMS

p/million

National Statistics Bureau of China

Yearly GDP

GDP

104RMB

National Statistics Bureau of China

Yearly per Capita GDP

PCGDP

104RMB

National Statistics Bureau of China

Distance to road network

DTRN

km

National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation

Transportation variables

Distance to city center

DTCC

km

National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation

Distance to county center

DTCNC

km

National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation

Distance to nearest hospital

DTHSP

km

China’s Health and Family Planning Commission

Epidemiologic variables

Distance to nearest clinic

DTCLC

km

China’s Health and Family Planning Commission

Minimum spatio-temporal distance to nearest case

MSTDNC

Km/day

China CDC Rabies Surveillance data

Minimum spatial distance to nearest case

MSDNC

km

China CDC Rabies Surveillance data

Minimum temporal distance to nearest case

MTDNC

day

China CDC Rabies Surveillance data