Table 3.

Adjusted regression coefficients for mortality rate per 100,000 population (1994–1996) regressed on income inequality (1990) among blacks in selected US metropolitan areas

Predictor variable	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Gini coefficient	28.82**	34.95***	68.23***
Median income	0.00	0.00***	0.00
ln total population	0.00	−0.00	−0.00
% Black		0.15***	0.16***
% Hispanic		0.16***	0.18***
Black–white segregation (BDx)
BDx mid			32.34**
BDx high			49.10**
Interactions
Gini*BDx mid			−67.24**
Gini*BDx high			−98.52**
Adjusted R 2	0.05	0.13	0.18

BDx mid intermediate black segregation where Dx = 0.47 – 0.74, BDx high highest black segregation where Dx>0.74; reference is lowest black segregation where Dx <0.47

N = 104

*p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01, ****p < 0.001