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Table 2 Gini-Simpson relative diversities

From: Measuring diversity in medical reports based on categorized attributes and international classification systems

Attribute

No. of categories

Number of narrative reports

Gini-Simpson relative diversity

Number of structured reports

Gini-Simpson relative diversity

p value

Smoking

4

71

0.8162

1080

0.6579

0.00073

Allergy

3

90

0.6300

1065

0.6977

0.30932

Ischemic heart disease

3

67

0.4117

1045

0.1455

0.00359

Dyspnoea

2

79

0.9152

1047

0.3851

< 0.00001

Chest pain

2

38

0.7756

1049

0.3042

0.00050

Palpitations

2

17

0.9135

1054

0.4882

0.00263

Swelling

2

95

0.4725

1050

0.2020

0.00914

Diabetes mellitus

2

69

0.7713

1073

0.1709

< 0.00001

  1. Gini-Simpson relative diversities of selected attributes in 110 narrative and in 1119 structured medical reports for selected attributes categorized according to MDMC