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. 2014 Mar 19;9(3):e91917. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091917

Table 4. Frequency of ORs greater than 1 by race at the county level in the United States and the nine divisions.

Race Count (percentage) Minimum (95%CI) Maximum (95%CI) Mean
United States Black 795(69.4%) 1.041(1.021,1.061) 56.589(48.884,65.510) 3.714
American Indian 485(42.3%) 1.040(1.006,1.074) 14.726(10.112,21.445) 1.965
Asian 679(59.2%) 1.044(1.016,1.072) 246.341(89.734,676.264) 3.157
Other races 815(71.1%) 1.017(1.009,1.025) 11.887(8.812,16.034) 2.058
Division 1 Black 25(86.2%) 1.117(1.101,1.133) 9.809(9.470,10.160) 2.866
American Indian 19(65.5%) 1.105(1.020,1.197) 3.161(2.945,3.394) 1.788
Asian 24(82.8%) 1.220(1.185,1.257) 3.444(2.964,4.002) 2.038
Other races 25(86.2%) 1.169(1.064,1.285) 6.110(5.941,6.284) 2.511
Division 2 Black 61(75.3%) 1.101(1.063,1.140) 17.066(16.205,17.973) 3.437
American Indian 40(49.4%) 1.140(1.014,1.281) 2.788(2.497,3.114) 1.827
Asian 63(77.8%) 1.044(1.016,1.072) 6.845(6.200,7.558) 2.009
Other races 64(79.0%) 1.017(1.009,1.025) 7.097(6.915,7.283) 2.502
Division 3 Black 135(77.6%) 1.071(1.051,1.092) 37.255(26.109,53.160) 4.675
American Indian 90(51.7%) 1.040(1.006,1.074) 3.824(1.769,8.269) 1.785
Asian 94(54.0%) 1.049(1.014,1.086) 12.118(5.956,24.652) 2.891
Other races 141(81.0%) 1.053(1.002,1.106) 6.173(4.613,8.261) 2.064
Division 4 Black 128(68.4%) 1.139(1.075,1.207) 50.856(7.124,363.056) 4.898
American Indian 90(48.1%) 1.140(1.037,1.254) 14.726(10.112,21.445) 2.460
Asian 110(58.8%) 1.075(1.023,1.132) 42.609(13.700,132.520) 4.063
Other races 136(72.7%) 1.101(1.020,1.189) 11.886(9.798,14.419) 2.355
Division 5 Black 142(66.4%) 1.059(1.048,1.069) 56.589(48.884,65.510) 2.762
American Indian 76(35.5%) 1.120(1.014,1.238) 14.161(8.893,22.550) 1.990
Asian 130(60.7%) 1.050(1.035,1.066) 9.057(4.871,16.841) 2.061
Other races 132(61.7%) 1.086(1.051,1.123) 7.285(6.750,7.862) 1.901
Division 6 Black 68(70.1%) 1.058(1.029,1.088) 16.902(13.287,21.502 4.093
American Indian 30(30.9%) 1.117(1.005,1.241) 13.214(6.956,25.100) 2.254
Asian 68(70.1%) 1.201(1.067,1.353) 246.341(89.734,676.264) 6.483
Other races 67(69.1%) 1.157(1.021,1.312) 11.887(8.812,16.034) 2.023
Division 7 Black 130(67.0%) 1.060(1.020,1.102) 37.270(5.194,267.413) 3.631
American Indian 60(30.9%) 1.096(1.012,1.188) 8.159(1.089,61.142) 1.817
Asian 86(44.3%) 1.105(1.010,1.210) 20.688(2.850,150.144) 3.389
Other races 126(64.9%) 1.041(1.010,1.073) 5.782(3.813,8.767) 1.939
Division 8 Black 55(54.5%) 1.127(1.098,1.157) 10.894(5.371,22.096) 2.691
American Indian 41(40.6%) 1.200(1.101,1.308) 4.209(2.995,5.913) 1.892
Asian 57 (56.4%) 1.066(1.023,1.111) 24.251(7.696,76.415) 2.845
Other races 67(66.3%) 1.060(1.022,1.101) 4.781(4.079,5.605) 1.768
Division 9 Black 51(73.9%) 1.041(1.021,1.061) 13.205(8.974,19.430) 2.399
American Indian 39(56.5%) 1.062(1.033,1.092) 2.192(2.131,2.255) 1.494
Asian 47(68.1%) 1.064(1.043,1.086) 8.475(7.168,10.021) 1.848
Other races 57(82.6%) 1.039(1.020,1.059) 3.091(3.049,3.133) 1.649

CI: confident interval;

Percentage was derived by the number of geographic units for each race level divided by the total number of counties at each geographic division.