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. 2012 Jan 19;13(2):289–302. doi: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxr052

Table 1.

Summary of data available for accountability assessment of the CAAA

Source Data Spatial resolution Year(s)
EPA Preregulation PM10, ‡, preregulation O3, Monitor 1987–1989, 1999–2001
postregulation PM10, postregulation O3
US Federal Register PM10 attainment status County 1991
Center for Medicare All-cause mortality, age, , Individual beneficiary 2001
and Medicaid Services sex, , race/ethnicity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Smoking rate, County 2000
Census Population, , %urban, , 5-year migration, , County 2000
median income, , %high school grad, ,
%female, , race/ethnicity

denotes variables included as covariates in the model for air pollution.

denotes variables included as covariates in the model for mortality.