Assessing the impact of meteorological factors on malaria patients in demilitarized zones in Republic of Korea

Table 1 Spearman rank correlation between malaria patients and annually average meteorological factor of South Korea (2006–2011)

	Civilians	Soldiers	Average temperature	Maximum temperature	Minimum temperature	Precipitation	Snow depth	Wind velocity	Relative humidity	Duration of sunshine	Cloud amount
Civilians	1.00	0.943***	0.543	0.086	0.771*	0.086	0.086	0.257	0.486	−0.429	0.429
Soldiers	0.943***	1.00	0.371	0.029	0.714	−0.029	0.143	0.429	0.543	−0.200	0.371
Average Temperature	0.543	0.371	1.00	0.771*	0.771*	−0.371	−0.143	−0.429	0.143	−0.086	0.314
Maximum temperature	0.086	0.029	0.771*	1.00	0.543	−0.829**	0.200	−0.543	0.029	0.486	−0.029
Minimum temperature	0.771*	0.714	0.771*	0.543	1.00	−0.257	0.200	−0.314	0.714	0.029	−0.029
Precipitation	0.086	−0.029	−0.371	−0.829**	−0.257	1.00	−0.371	0.143	0.086	−0.771*	0.029
Snow depth	0.086	0.143	−0.143	0.200	0.200	−0.371	1.00	−0.086	0.371	0.314	−0.486
Wind velocity	0.257	0.429	−0.429	−0.543	−0.314	0.143	−0.086	1.00	−0.257	−0.200	0.600
Relative humidity	0.486	0.543	0.143	0.029	0.714	0.086	0.371	−0.257	1.00	0.143	−0.543
Duration of sunshine	−0.429	−0.200	−0.086	0.486	0.029	−0.771*	0.314	−0.200	0.143	1.00	−0.486
Cloud amount	0.486	0.543	0.143	0.029	−0.029	0.029	−0.486	0.600	−0.543	−0.486	1.00

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