Table 4.

Spearman correlations (rho) among neighborhood exposure and susceptibility variables

		Jan–Mar		Apr–Jun		Jul–Sep		Oct–Dec
		Pollutant Concentration	Poverty	Pollutant Concentration	Poverty	Pollutant Concentration	Poverty	Pollutant Concentration	Poverty
PM2.5
Mortality	Ages 30 and above	−0.16	0.12	−0.2	0.11	−0.14	0.13	−0.06	0.12
Emergency department visits for Asthma	All ages	0.06	0.74*	−0.02	0.72*	−0.13	0.73*	0.11	0.75*
Hospital admissions, respiratory causes	Ages 20 and above	0.02	0.32*	0.06	0.56*	−0.21	0.55*	0.05	0.59*
Hospital admissions, cardiovascular causes	Ages 40 and above	−0.28	0.56*	−0.2	0.35*	−0.32*	0.35*	−0.19	0.33*
Neighborhood poverty		0.11	1	0.25	1	0.02	1	0.23	1
Ozone
Mortality	All ages			0.13	−0.02	0.12	−0.01
Emergency department visits for asthma	All ages			−0.43*	0.72*	−0.42*	0.73*
Hospital admissions, asthma	All ages			−0.38*	0.74*	−0.41*	0.75*
Neighborhood Poverty				−0.34*	1	−0.31*	1

*p < 0.05, significant