TABLE 1—

Bivariate Correlations Between Total Mortality and Its Determinants

	Total Mortality
	Overall	White	Black
Gini coefficient	0.36**	0.24**	0.34**
Primary care physician–to–population ratio	–0.17**	–0.25**	–0.08
Per capita income	–0.24**	–0.28**	–0.15*
% Population without elementary education	0.28**	0.29**	0.30**
% Workforce population unemployed	0.21**	0.30**	0.15*
% Population urban	–0.11*	–0.13*	–0.16*
% Population below poverty	0.33**	0.28**	0.31**

*P < .05; **P < .01, based on Pearson correlation coefficients.