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Table 3 Gini-Simpson self diversities and relative marginal diversities

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

Attribute

Category

No. of narrative reports

Gini-Simpson self-diversity

Gini-Simpson relative marginal diversity

No. of structured reports

Gini-Simpson self-diversity

Gini-Simpson relative marginal diversity

Smoking

smoker

15

0.7887

0.6665

203

0.8120

0.6105

 

occasional smoker

0

1.0000

0.0000

19

0.9824

0.0691

 

ex-smoker

19

0.7324

0.7840

128

0.8815

0.4179

 

nonsmoker

37

0.4789

0.9982

730

0.3241

0.8762

Allergy

yes

27

0.7

0.84

378

0.6451

0.9158

 

no

63

0.3

0.84

681

0.3606

0.9222

 

do not know

0

1.0

0.00

6

0.9944

0.0224

Ischemic heart disease

yes

56

0.1642

0.5489

44

0.9579

0.1613

 

no

11

0.8358

0.5489

992

0.0507

0.1926

 

I do not know

0

1.0000

0.0000

9

0.9914

0.0342

Dyspnoea

yes

28

0.6456

0.9152

113

0.8921

0.3851

 

no

51

0.3544

0.9152

934

0.1079

0.3851

Chest pain

yes

10

0.7368

0.7756

87

0.9171

0.3042

 

no

28

0.2632

0.7756

962

0.0829

0.3042

Palpitations

yes

6

0.6471

0.9135

150

0.8577

0.4882

 

no

11

0.3529

0.9135

904

0.1423

0.4882

Swelling

yes

13

0.8632

0.4725

56

0.9467

0.202

 

no

82

0.1368

0.4725

994

0.0533

0.202

Diabetes mellitus

yes

51

0.2609

0.7713

48

0.9553

0.1709

 

no

18

0.7391

0.7713

1025

0.0447

0.1709

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