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Table 3.

Multilevel Models of SED & HAP Exposure Hazard After Adjustment for County Population Size and Economic Activity and Tract Population Density: Respiratory, Neurological, and Cancer Exposure Hazards, 2005.

HAP Exposure Hazards	Respiratory	Neurological	Cancer
Tract Population Density (Log 10 Density/Sq M)	0.385 ***	0.0121 ***	5.797 ***
Tract Population Density (Log 10 Density/Sq M)	−0.00538	−0.00057	−0.0687
Townsend Index-Tract	0.0905 ***	0.00312 ***	1.185 ***
Townsend Index-Tract	−0.00138	−0.000146	−0.0176
County Population (2000) Log 10	0.247 ***	0.00353	5.947 ***
County Population (2000) Log 10	−0.031	−0.00334	−0.297
Annual Wage per Employee in Tract’s County ’05	0.0170 ***	0.000331	0.308 ***
Annual Wage per Employee in Tract’s County ’05	−0.0026	−0.00028	−0.0247
Cross-level Tract SED & County Population Size	0.0138 ***	−2.94 × 10⁻⁶	0.510 ***
Cross-level Tract SED & County Population Size	−0.00079	−8.41 × 10⁻⁵	−0.0102
New England Region	0.357 ***	−0.00992	1.792 *
	−0.11	−0.0118	−0.983
Mid-Atlantic Region	−0.0684	0.00163	3.617 ***
	−0.0823	−0.00887	−0.746
East North Central	−0.207 ***	0.0132 *	3.057 ***
	−0.0633	−0.00682	−0.59
West North Central	−0.0189	0.000438	4.110 ***
	−0.0609	−0.00655	−0.58
South Atlantic	0.567 ***	−0.00275	10.68 ***
	−0.0607	−0.00653	−0.57
East South Central	0.166 **	0.0217 ***	12.37 ***
	−0.0657	−0.00707	−0.618
West South Central	−0.0179	−0.00828	8.470 ***
	−0.063	−0.00678	−0.595
Pacific Region	0.854 ***	−0.00184	4.812 ***
	−0.0812	−0.00874	−0.749
Constant	−1.372 ***	−0.00616	−21.31 ***
West Region-Intercept	−0.127	−0.0136	−1.21
Model Fit Statistics:
ll_0	−85,224	67,237	−252,964
ll	−76,808	68,045	−240,725
df_m	13	13	13
Number Counties	3,119	3,119	3,119
rho	0.485	0.494	0.294
sigma_e	0.755	0.08	9.706
sigma_u	0.733	0.0791	6.27
chi2_c	67,085	21,898	42,053
ll_c	−110,351	57,096	−261,752
chi2	16,831	1,616	24,477

Standard errors below coefficients; coefficients *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1.