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Published in final edited form as: Nurs Clin North Am. 2011 Nov 21;47(1):31–43. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2011.10.008

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the study county compared to state and national characteristics

Demographic	Study County	Kentucky	United States
Population²⁹	16,443	4,269,245	307,006,550
Caucasian/African American²⁹	98.7/0.3%	89.9/7.7%	79.8%/12.8%
Median Household Income²⁹	$29, 015	$41, 489	$52,029
Per Capita Income²⁹	$12,008	$18, 093	$21,587
Persons Below Poverty Level²⁹	27.1%	17.3%	13.2%
High School Graduates²⁹	58.2%	74.1%	80.4%
Adult Smoking Prevalence³⁰	31.0%	25.3%	20.6%