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. 2008 Sep;98(Suppl 1):S181–S184. doi: 10.2105/ajph.98.supplement_1.s181

TABLE 1—

Pearson Correlations Between Incarceration Variables in 1995 and Health Outcomes in 1996: North Carolina

State Prison
By County of Residence
By County of Conviction
Jail
Entry Population Exit Entry Population Exit Entry Population Exit
Chlamydia 0.538† 680† 0.538† 0.549† 0.654† 0.518† 0.331*** 0.378† 0.304**
Gonorrhea 0.616† 0.741† 0.618† 0.617† 0.713† 0.588† 0.392† 0.461† 0.357***
Syphilis 0.267** 0.403† 0.292** 0.267** 0.382† 0.271** 0.302** 0.322** 0.258*
HIV 0.511† 0.625† 0.511† 0.486† 0.582† 0.475† 0.244 0.341*** 0.214*
Teenage pregnancy 0.675† 0.702† 0.678† 0.667† 0.679† 0.637† 0.425† 0.462† 0.405†

*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001; †P < .0001.