Table 4

Pearson correlation coefficients for the relation between access measures, mortality, and morbidity

ONS*	Number of wards	Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000 access domain	Population density	Straight line distance to nearest GP surgery	Straight line distance to nearest hospital	Road travel time/distance by car to nearest GP surgery	Road travel time/distance by car to nearest hospital
*Office for National Statistics classification of rural and urban wards.
		Premature mortality
Rural	253	0.010	0.090	−0.014	0.009	0.015	−0.029
Rural fringe	154	−0.073	−0.068	0.031	0.053	0.009	0.010
Urban	1031	−0.418	0.369	−0.272	−0.131	−0.297	−0.153
All wards	1448	−0.323	0.318	−0.203	−0.118	−0.220	−0.144
		Premature limiting long term illness
Rural	253	0.040	0.101	−0.099	0.315	−0.114	0.297
Rural fringe	154	0.102	0.031	−0.078	−0.028	−0.058	−0.037
Urban	1031	−0.470	0.403	−0.388	−0.064	−0.400	−0.098
All wards	1448	−0.387	0.383	−0.323	−0.059	−0.336	−0.090