TABLE 2.
Mountaintop Coal Mining |
Other Coal Mining |
No Coal Mining |
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Variables | Unadjusted Mean (SE) | Adjusted Mean (SE) | Unadjusted Mean (SE) | Adjusted Mean (SE) | Unadjusted Mean (SE) | Adjusted Mean (SE) |
Poor physical health (past 30 d) | 7.76 (0.30)*** | 6.06 (0.28)*** | 5.99 (0.25)*** | 4.92 (0.23) | 4.63 (0.10) | 4.91 (0.10) |
Poor mental health (past 30 d) | 6.32 (0.27)*** | 5.12 (0.27)*** | 4.86 (0.23)*** | 4.21 (0.22) | 3.80 (0.09) | 4.00 (0.09) |
Activity limitation (past 30 d) | 5.34 (0.26)*** | 3.97 (0.25)** | 3.73 (0.20)** | 2.89 (0.19)* | 2.95 (0.08) | 3.18 (0.08) |
Healthy Days Index | 11.11 (0.34)*** | 9.08 (0.32)*** | 8.97 (0.30)*** | 7.79 (0.28) | 7.08 (0.12) | 7.42 (0.11) |
Note. Nonmining counties served as the referent group. A Healthy Days Index was calculated by adding the number of poor physical and mental health days (unhealthy days) a respondent experienced during the past 30 days and subtracting that number from 30, with a logical maximum of 30 days.
*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P ≤ .001.