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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 20.
Published in final edited form as: West J Nurs Res. 2021 Apr 22;44(7):636–642. doi: 10.1177/01939459211009561

Table 1.

Kentucky County-Level Social Determinants of Health and Environmental Exposure Characteristics (N = 120).

Characteristic Mean ± SD Range

Annual residential radon testing rate (per 10,000 households) 13.4 ± 14.2 [2–98]
Social determinants of health variables
 County median household income (thousands of dollars) 37.1 ± 10.0 [19.3–79.4]
 County median home value (thousands of dollars) 100.9 ± 31.8 [56.3–240.0]
 % living below poverty level 16.1 ± 6.5 [5.0–38.0]
 % of the populations with at least a high school diploma 75.8 ± 7.8 [57.0–91.0]
 % owner-occupied housing 74.3 ± 5.8 [57.0–88.0]
 Rural–Urban Continuum Code 5.7 ± 2.8 [1–9]
Environmental Exposure Variables
 Upper quartile of radon (pCi/L) 5.1 ± 3.4 [2.0–22.0]
 Adult smoking prevalence, average yearly aggregate (%) 24.2 ± 5.7 [7.0–39.0]
 Lung cancer incidence rate (per 100,000 aged ≥ 50 years) 289 ± 51.8 [184.0–432.0]

Note. SD, standard deviation. Annual radon testing rate and lung cancer incidence rate, 1995–2016. Rural–Urban Continuum Code 2003. Adult smoking prevalence, 2008–2010. All other variables 2006–2010.