Table 6. Correlation Matrix of state BRFSS data (2005) and AMI mortality, AMI hospitalization rate and Region.

	AMI mortality rate (2005)	Health care	Obese	Current smoker	Physical activity	Heavy drinker	Region
AMI hospitalization rate (2005)	0.398	0.399	0.183	0.368	−0.139	0.0868	0.614*
AMI mortality rate (2005)	-------	−0.163	0.782*	0.545**	−0.621*	−0.0001	0.016
Health care		-------	−0.278	−0.141	0.345	0.1043	0.539**
Obese			-------	0.538**	−0.637*	−0.0372	−0.244
Current smoker				-------	−0.660*	0.2009	0.003
Physical activity					-------	0.1574	0.018
Heavy drinker						-------	−0.085
Region							------

^* p<0.01.

^** p<0.05.