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Furthermore, based on the principle of spatial stratified heterogeneity, the Geodetector method was systematically applied to assess the influence intensity and interaction effects of economic development, population structure, education level, environmental conditions, and healthcare resource allocation on mumps incidence rate.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The findings revealed a distinct west-to-east decreasing trend of mumps incidence in China, demonstrating significant spatial autocorrelation primarily manifested as high-high clustering in western areas and low-low clustering in eastern regions. Among all influencing factors, the child dependency ratio showed the strongest association with mumps incidence, while healthcare resources exhibited relatively weaker effects. 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