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Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Counties by Study Arm, Northern Appalachia Cancer Network Screen for Life Pilot Study, 2003

Characteristic	Coalition Arm		Noncoalition Arm

	Median	Range	Median	Range
Population size^a	83,382	37,546-139,750	51,401	41,765-152,598
Population density (no. people/sq mile)^a	108	33-263	71.1	49-222
Poverty rate (% below poverty level)^a	12.5	9.9-17.3	11.8	7.7-15.40
Population per primary care provider^b	2240	1651-3120	2223	1017-2907
Age (% older than 65 y)^a	16.0	13.3-19.3	16.5	12.3-19.7
Education (% older than 25 y with high school diploma)^a	47.6	45.3-81.2	50.7	47.4-82.8
Rurality (Beale codes)^c	4	2-7	4	1-7

Source: data from United States Census of Population and Housing 2000 (35)

Source: data from Find a Health Professional Shortage Area (36)

Source: data from Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (37)