Table 1.
Spatial clusters of age-adjusted stroke and myocardial infarction mortality risks from 1999 to 2007 in East Tennessee Appalachian region
| Cluster | # of Census Tracts (Neighborhoods) |
Population | Observed # of Deaths | Expected # of Deaths | Annual # of Deaths/100,000 Persons |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroke | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 5,447 | 136 | 37.76 | 195.6 | 0.001 |
| 2 | 3 | 17,243 | 174 | 91.95 | 102.8 | 0.001 |
| 3 | 6 | 34,887 | 270 | 174.24 | 84.2 | 0.001 |
| 4 | 6 | 30,158 | 266 | 187.63 | 77.0 | 0.001 |
| 5 | 5 | 24,711 | 180 | 120.65 | 81.0 | 0.001 |
| 6 | 4 | 12,008 | 107 | 67.27 | 86.4 | 0.004 |
| Myocardial Infarction | ||||||
| 1 | 7 | 36,945 | 608 | 243.77 | 177.7 | 0.001 |
| 2 | 6 | 24,596 | 334 | 159.80 | 148.9 | 0.001 |
| 3 | 4 | 13,856 | 213 | 88.78 | 171.0 | 0.001 |
| 4 | 6 | 28,823 | 333 | 197.74 | 120.0 | 0.001 |
| 5 | 6 | 30,158 | 363 | 236.98 | 109.2 | 0.001 |
| 6 | 3 | 9,568 | 124 | 61.61 | 143.4 | 0.001 |
| 7 | 7 | 35,548 | 325 | 231.94 | 99.9 | 0.001 |
| 8 | 1 | 2,818 | 47 | 20.94 | 160.0 | 0.001 |
| 9 | 4 | 8,566 | 88 | 54.98 | 114.1 | 0.009 |
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