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. 2009 Dec 8;65(3):246–253. doi: 10.1136/jech.2009.093476

Table 1.

Summary statistics for P&I rates and key demographic and socioeconomic explanatory variables

Percentiles
No of counties Mean (SD) 25th 50th 75th Moran's I
P&I rates
 Overall 2785 47.3 (27.5) 33.9 43.1 55.1 0.03
 65–74 years 2791 24.9 (15.1) 17.5 22.5 29.1 0.04
 75–84 years 2792 55.2 (32.4) 40.4 50.8 63.9 0.03
 85+ years 2786 119.1 (73.4) 85.0 106.8 138.4 0.03
Demographic variables
 Population density (per square mile) 2792 103.1 (701.7) 8.8 19.0 45.8 0.07
 Percentage of co-residential grandparents in the grandparent population 2792 2.7 (1.5) 1.7 2.4 3.5 0.07
 Percentage of co-residential grandparents who care for their grandchildren 2792 57.5 (12.0) 49.8 57.5 65.1 0.07
 Youth dependency ratio 2792 33.1 (4.6) 30.5 33.0 35.4 0.09
Socioeconomic variables
 Gini index 2792 0.417 (0.033) 0.394 0.416 0.439 0.13
 Median income 2792 35 670 (8914) 29 973 34 097 39 741 0.10

P&I, pneumonia and influenza.