Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of variables included in our study (n = 2,348 counties).

Variables	Mean/frequencies	Std. Dev.	Minimum	Maximum
Deaths	386.96	1,143.46	0	34,006.00
Total county RNs per 10,000 population	45.40	51.14	1.34	1,499.62
Total county hospitalists per 10,000 population	1.39	2.53	0.03	62.53
Total county intensivists per 10,000 population	0.26	0.46	0	5.96
County hospital occupancy	45.55	20.58	0.38	115.47
Proportion of teaching hospitals	2.15	9.87	0	100.00
County airborne infection control rooms per 10,000 population	14.42	95.80	0	3,407.29
Per capita income (in 1,000s)	$46.77	$13.29	$22.44	$229.83
Urban county	71.08%	45.35%	0.00%	100.00%
Percent population 65 years and older	19.29%	4.54%	4.86%	40.80%
Percent racial/ethnic minorities	24.60%	19.81%	2.30%	97.31%
COVID-19 cases per 1,000 population	284.32	65.33	28.38	728.78