TABLE 3—
Predictors of Age-Adjusted Premature Death Rate by City, 1990
| Variables | Model 1 (P) | Model 2 (P) | Model 3 (P) | Model 4 (P) |
| Percentage Black | .381 (.000) | .308 (.000) | .331 (.000) | .349 (.000) |
| Percentage married | −.224 (.002) | −.228 (.001) | −.265 (.001) | −.208 (.009) |
| Percentage with less than high school education | .291 (.000) | .325 (.000) | .318 (.000) | .395 (.000) |
| Percentage in poverty/unemployed | .190 (.036) | .084 (.394) | .108 (.278) | .113 (.262) |
| Boarded-up units per 1000 | . . . | .190 (.018) | .204 (.012) | .221 (.007) |
| Percentage population change from 1980 to 1990 | . . . | . . . | .102 (.223) | .143 (.123) |
| Percentage uninsured | . . . | . . . | . . . | −.139 (.048) |
| N | 107 | 107 | 107 | 105 |
| R2 | .698 | .715 | .719 | .729 |