Table 1 Values of the deprivation index and mean values of its components for block groups that include at least one African American Health Study subject, stratified by study area, 2000–1.

	City of St Louis, mean (minimum–maximum)	Suburban area, mean (minimum–maximum)	State of Missouri
Number of block groups	40	83	4540
Number of unweighted subjects per block group	8.7 (1–33)	5.7 (1–23)	NA
People living below poverty (%)	34.8 (10.0–66.7)	17.2 (0.8–78.3)	13.8 (0.0–100.0)
African American residents (%)	97.8 (82.4–100.0)	68.2 (6.2–100.0)	13.8 (0.0–100.0)
People who have been in their home for ⩾5 years (%)	60.2 (41.7–75.9)	58.2 (7.7–86.2)	54.4 (0.0–100.0)
People aged ⩾65 years (%)	18.5 (2.9–35.3)	11.6 (1.0–46.5)	14.4 (0.0–94.8)
Female‐headed households (%)	58.8 (26.5–81.3)	45.8 (20.2–73.7)	30.3 (0.0–100.0)
Owner‐occupied housing units (%)	45.5 (4.6–72.4)	63.4 (0.0–10.0)	69.5 (0.0–100.0)
Unemployed (%)	17.7 (4.6–46.3)	8.6 (0.0–53.0)	6.2 (0.0–100.0)
People on public assistance (%)	14.4 (0.0–34.5)	6.0 (0.0–31.1)	4.0 (0.0–42.9)
Population aged 25 years with at least a high school education (%)	58.9 (41.6–75.5)	79.8 (50.8–99.2)	79.0 (0.0–100.0)
Housing units lacking plumbing (%)	7.0 (0.1–31.8)	0.6 (0.1–10.5)	1.5 (0.0–44.8)