Table 2.
Interquartile rate ratios of heart disease and stroke death rates by county-level contextual variables, 265 metropolitan statistical areas, 2007–2008
| Heart disease rate ratios | Stroke rate ratios | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate ratio (75th to 25th percentile) | (95 % CI) | Rate ratio (75th to 25th percentile) | (95 % CI) | |
| % Female-headed householda | 1.18 | (1.13, 1.22) | 1.11 | (1.06, 1.16) |
| % Less than high schoola | 1.27 | (1.21, 1.34) | 1.17 | (1.11, 1.24) |
| % Povertyb | 1.25 | (1.19, 1.31) | 1.20 | (1.14, 1.27) |
| Median household incomeb | 0.81 | (0.77,0.85) | 0.82 | (0.78, 0.87) |
| % Unemploymentc | 1.14 | (1.10, 1.19) | 1.09 | (1.04, 1.15) |
| % Uninsureda | 1.13 | (1.07, 1.18) | 1.11 | (1.06, 1.16) |
| Violent crime clearance rate (% crimes resolved)d | 0.92 | (0.87, 0.97) | 1.00 | (0.94, 1.05) |
| Primary care physicians per 1,000 populatione | 0.97 | (0.93, 1.01) | 0.96 | (0.92, 1.01) |
| Hospitals per 1,000 populatione | 1.11 | (1.06, 1.17) | 1.13 | (1.08, 1.19) |
| Preventable hospitalization ratef | 1.22 | (1.15, 1.29) | 1.10 | (1.04, 1.17) |
aAmerican Community Survey, 2006–2010
bSmall Area Income Poverty Estimates, 2010
cBureau of Labor Statistics, 2010;
dUniform Crime Reporting, 2008
eArea Resource File, 2008
fDartmouth Atlas of Health Care, 2003–2007