TABLE 2—
Pearson Correlation of County Characteristics in 2000 and Average 5-Year All-Cause Mortality (1998–2002): US Counties With Population ≥ 100 000
| Characteristics | R (95% CI) |
| Age, y | |
| 0–17 | −0.5146*** (−0.6062, −0.4230) |
| 18–24 | −0.2932*** (−0.3848, −0.2016) |
| 25–44 | −0.6303*** (−0.7219, −0.5387) |
| 45–64 | 0.4563*** (0.3647, 0.5479) |
| 65–79 | 0.8478*** (0.7562, 0.9394) |
| ≥ 80 | 0.8584*** (0.7668, 0.9500) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White | 0.2173*** (0.1257, 0.3089) |
| Black | 0.1368*** (0.0452, 0.2284) |
| Asian | −0.2909*** (−0.3825, −0.1993) |
| Hispanic | −0.3112*** (−0.4028, −0.2196) |
| Native American or other | −0.0888 (−0.1804, 0.0028) |
| Education | |
| < high school | 0.2403*** (0.1487, 0.3319) |
| High school graduate | 0.5863*** (0.4947, 0.6779) |
| Some college | −0.2644*** (−0.3560, −0.1728) |
| Employment | |
| Service | 0.3944*** (0.3028, 0.4860) |
| Sales or administration | 0.0130 (−0.0786, 0.1046) |
| Farming | −0.0838 (−0.1754, 0.0078) |
| Construction | 0.3226*** (0.2310, 0.4142) |
| Poverty status | |
| Poverty | 0.1612*** (0.0696, 0.2528) |
| Near poverty | 0.3067*** (0.2151, 0.3983) |
| Married resident | −0.2913*** (−0.3829, −0.1997) |
| PM2.5 | 0.1291* (0.0273, 0.2309) |
| Mortgage delinquency | 0.3580*** (0.2664, 0.4496) |
| Violent crime | 0.1300** (0.0373, 0.2227) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; PM2.5 = particulate matter with diameters ≤ 2.5 µg. We calculated the poverty ratio using the federal poverty level standards specified by the Office of Management and Budget for 2000.
*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.