Table 3.

Pearson’s correlation coefficients between indicators (n = 30). Absolute values ≥0.6 are highlighted in bold.

	Exposure					Public Health Effects				Environmental Health Effects		Sensitive Populations		Socioeconomic Factors
	PM2.5	Ozone	TRI	Traffic	Pesti-Cides	LBW	Heart	Cancer	Asthma	Hazard-Ous Sites	Leaks and spills	Under 5	Over 65	Education	Median Income	Poverty
PM2.5	1.00
Ozone	0.58	1.00
TRI	0.10	−0.11	1.00
Traffic	0.12	−0.21	−0.02	1.00
Pesticides	0.09	0.23	0.20	−0.63	1.00
LBW	−0.13	0.06	−0.09	0.23	−0.24	1.00
Heart	−0.04	0.01	−0.24	−0.07	−0.34	0.02	1.00
Cancer	−0.33	−0.37	−0.15	−0.04	−0.44	−0.08	0.72	1.00
Asthma	0.43	0.28	0.53	0.21	0.07	0.05	−0.17	−0.40	1.00
Hazardous sites	−0.24	−0.09	0.42	0.15	0.05	0.18	−0.09	−0.08	0.34	1.00
Leaks and spills	−0.12	−0.06	0.32	0.32	−0.12	0.35	−0.08	−0.17	0.39	0.77	1.00
Under 5	0.31	0.26	0.44	−0.19	0.46	−0.10	−0.51	−0.68	0.35	0.27	0.19	1.00
Over 65	−0.33	−0.31	−0.45	0.13	−0.50	0.17	0.73	0.77	−0.33	−0.11	−0.05	−0.80	1.00
Education	0.22	0.14	0.38	−0.21	0.45	−0.16	−0.38	−0.45	0.31	0.29	0.19	0.81	−0.65	1.00
Median income	−0.25	−0.14	−0.40	0.06	−0.22	0.07	0.25	0.31	−0.48	−0.48	−0.39	−0.60	0.50	−0.72	1.00
Poverty	0.30	0.16	0.39	−0.13	0.36	−0.15	−0.35	−0.42	0.41	0.35	0.28	0.73	−0.63	0.89	−0.94	1.00