Table A5.
White male high lung cancer data dictionary.
| Label | Variables | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| %DEM | 3 | percent voters registered or voted Democratic 2004–2008 |
| %REP | 3 | percent voters registered or voted Republican 2004–2008 |
| B POP + LBW | 6 | black isolation index 2000, low birth weight, percent non-Hispanic blacks 2008, percent black/African-American population, unmarried and very low birth weight |
| B POP + SEG | 3 | black isolation index 2000, percent non-Hispanic blacks 2008, percent black/African-American population |
| HOSP BEDS | 5 | rate hospital beds: licensed, community hospital, hospital, licensed short term, short term and total inpatient |
| MD SPEC + NEONATAL | 3 | rate total neurosurgery, neonatal intensive beds and total thoracic surgery total patient care |
| MED CARE USE 1 | 6 | rate hospital admission: community hospital, hospital, short term hospital. surgical operations: inpatient, outpatient, total |
| MIXED MD SPEC1 | 10 | rate MDs in patient care 2005, office based on non-office based and some specialties |
| MIXED MD SPEC3 | 3 | rate MDs hospital residents, pathologists and psychologists |
| PERS DEPRIV | 3 | percent persistent poverty and child poverty. |
| POV + PUB ASST + UNEQUAL | 7 | percent free lunch, foodstamp recipients, medicaid eligible and poverty rate |
| W DEPRIV + DISABILITY | 9 | percent households in poverty, lower than HS education and medicare disability enrollment |
| W INC | 3 | household income white |
| W POP | 3 | white isolation index 2000, percent non-Hispanic whites 2008, percent black/African-American population |