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Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the study population

From: Predicting total healthcare demand using machine learning: separate and combined analysis of predisposing, enabling, and need factors

Characteristics

Data Types

Frequency

Percentage

Mean

std

Gender

Categorical (Nominal)

  

0.51749

0.499705

 Male

Categorical (Nominal)

10,971

48,2

  

 Female

Categorical (Nominal)

11,771

51,8

  

Marital Status

Categorical (Nominal)

    

 Married

Categorical (Nominal)

15,049

66,2

0.66156

0.473189

 Not Married

Categorical (Nominal)

7693

33,8

0.33843

0.473189

Birth Place

Categorical (Nominal)

  

0.97706

0.149691

 Turkiye

Categorical (Nominal)

22,221

97,7

  

 Other

Categorical (Nominal)

521

2,3

  

Age Groups

Categorical (Ordinal)

    

 0–18

Categorical (Ordinal)

1680

7,4

0.07390

0.261619

 19–34

Categorical (Ordinal)

6222

27,4

0.27369

0.445862

 35–49

Categorical (Ordinal)

6652

29,2

0.29270

0.455015

 50–64

Categorical (Ordinal)

5044

22,2

0.22166

0.415376

 65+

Categorical (Ordinal)

3141

13,8

0.13790

0.344805

Education Level

Categorical (Ordinal)

    

 No Formal Education

Categorical (Ordinal)

2369

10,4

0.10396

0.305223

 Primary School

Categorical (Ordinal)

10,701

47,1

0.47057

0.499144

 High School

Categorical (Ordinal)

5063

22,3

0.22263

0.416023

 University/College

Categorical (Ordinal)

4153

18,3

0.18275

0.386474

 Masters/PhD

Categorical (Ordinal)

456

2,0

0.02007

0.140247

Employement Status

Categorical (Nominal)

    

 Employed

Categorical (Nominal)

9069

39,9

0.39896

0.489696

 Unemployed

Categorical (Nominal)

10,346

45,5

0.45486

0.497969

 Retired

Categorical (Nominal)

3327

14,6

0.14617

0.353292

BMI Group

Categorical (Ordinal)

    

 Severely Underweight

Categorical (Ordinal)

74

0,3

0.00325

0.056980

 Underweight

Categorical (Ordinal)

696

3,1

0.03063

0.172331

 Normal Weight

Categorical (Ordinal)

8916

39,2

0.39200

0.488209

 Overweight

Categorical (Ordinal)

8315

36,6

0.36564

0.481620

 Obese (Class 1 and 2)

Categorical (Ordinal)

3549

15,6

0.15608

0.362940

 Severely Obese

Categorical (Ordinal)

1192

5,2

0.05237

0.222795