Journal of Geo-information Science, Volume. 22, Issue 5, 1133(2020)

Spatio-temporal Statistical Analysis of Health Status of the Residents of the Belt and Road Member Countries

Wenjie GUO1,1, Kun QIN1,1、*, Zongfu MAO2,2, Yizhe WANG1,1, Yao WANG2,2, Gang XU1,1, and Lu MA2,2
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  • 1.武汉大学遥感信息工程学院,武汉 430079
  • 1School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
  • 2.武汉大学健康学院,武汉 430071
  • 2School of Health, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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    Health is a key factor that affects the development of different countries and regions. It is very important to understand the health status of the residents in the Belt and Road countries to further explore the health cooperation along the Belt and Road. This paper selected four representative health indicators, including life expectancy at birth, premature noncommunicable disease mortality, total fertility, and tuberculosis incidence, and used Moran's I index and Getis-Ord G index to conduct spatial statistics on the health status of 135 countries along the Belt and Road. This paper analyzed the spatial auto correlation of health status and the temporal and spatial patterns of health status. We found that the health indicators of most countries along the Belt and Road showed a trend toward improvement and optimization between 2000 and 2016. Health indicators of Belt and Road countries showed significant positive spatial auto correlation. In general, countries in Europe hadexcellent health condition, countries in South America, North America, and Oceania werein a good health condition, and countries in Asia werein good health condition as well, but the countries in Southeast Asia had high incidence of tuberculosis. The health status of the countries in Africa had improved significantly, but still in a poorhealth condition. Member countries should further strengthen the cooperation in health to promote the development of the Healthy Silk Road.

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    Wenjie GUO, Kun QIN, Zongfu MAO, Yizhe WANG, Yao WANG, Gang XU, Lu MA. Spatio-temporal Statistical Analysis of Health Status of the Residents of the Belt and Road Member Countries[J]. Journal of Geo-information Science, 2020, 22(5): 1133

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    Paper Information

    Received: Oct. 28, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 12, 2020

    The Author Email: QIN Kun (qink@whu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.12082/dqxxkx.2020.190635

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