Table2.

Selected Demographic Features of US Counties Outside Large Metropolitan Areas With Low (n = 66) and High (n = 3013) Age-adjusted Black Male Mortality Rates

	Lower than US Whites (n=66)	Not Lower Than US Whites (n=3,013)*	t-test
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTIC	ARITHMETIC MEAN		p
Black Per Capita Income	$18,470	$11,606	<0.001
Percent Black.Annual Income < Poverty	16%	27%	<0.001
Percent Black Men 25+ Years <Less Than High School Graduation	20%	31%	<0.001
Percent Black Male Civilian Veterans Ages 65+ Years	59%	49%	<0.001
Black:White Poverty Ratio	2.6	2.5	ns
Residential Isolation Index(Black)	0.1	0.1	ns
Residential Isolation Index (White)	0.8	1.1	ns