TABLE 2.

Results of Negative Binomial Models Assessing Variations in Postinnovation Black Mortality Rates for Selected Diseases: US Counties with Reliable Rates, 1999–2005

Disease and Measure	Wald χ21	P	Mortality Rate (95% CI)
HIV among men
Socioeconomic indexa	9.84	.002	0.03 (0.01, 0.04)
Spatial proximity indexa	7.08	.008	−1.17 (−2.02, −0.31)
% of Black male military veterans aged 18–64 ya	22.60	.002	−4.04 (−5.70, −2.37)
HIV among women
Socioeconomic indexa	763.72	<.001	0.056 (0.02, 0.059)
% of Blacks who speak little or no English	11.17	<.001	15.09 (6.24, 23.94)
Breast cancer: % of Blacks who speak little or no English	2.78	.096	−2.12 (−4.61, 0.37)
RDS: Socioeconomic indexa	8.33	.004	0.04 (0.01, 0.07)

Note. CI = confidence interval; RDS = respiratory distress syndrome.

^a1-unit increase.