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Table 3 Comparison of standardized incidence rates between urban and rural centres and rural towns of different sizes

From: Rural-urban variation in incidence of psychosis in France: a prospective epidemiologic study in two contrasted catchment areas

 

Affective psychoses

Non-affective psychoses

All psychoses

Annual incidence/100000

Incidence rate

IRR (CI)

Incidence rate

IRR (CI)

Incidence rate

IRR (CI)

Urban area

13.76

2.39a (1.27-4.49)

21.32

1.61a (1.03-2.50)

35.08

1.86a (1.29-2.66)

Rural area (global)

5.76

1

13.23

1

18.90

1

Rural area (biggest towns)

9.50

3.86b (0.75-19.69)

24.50

11.09b (2.23-55.03)

34.01

7.28b (2.36-22,44)

Rural area (medium towns)

5.26

2.14b (0.37-12.30)

9.45

4.28b (0.78-23.37)

14.71

3.15b (0.94-10.52)

Rural area (smallest towns)

2.46

1

2.21

1

4.67

1

  1. aIncidence rate in the rural area (global) as reference.
  2. bIncidence rate in the “smallest towns” as reference.
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BMC Psychiatry

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