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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 29.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Space Place. 2013 Aug 7;21(1):18–37. doi: 10.1002/psp.1809

Table 3.

Decomposition estimates of the direct and indirect effects of selected conditions on mortality

Direct Indirect Total
Racial/Ethnic Composition
  Non-Hispanic Black 0.434 0.236 0.670
  Hispanic 1.086 3.231 4.316
  Non-Hispanic Other Races 2.207 3.952 1.745
Rural/Urban Residence
  RUCC −0.010 0.051 0.061
Health Care Infrastructure
  % w/o Health Insurance 0.038 0.066 0.029
  MD per 1,000 pop. 0.047 −0.064 −0.111
  Hospital Beds per 1,000 pop. 0.017 0.029 0.046
Socioeconomic Status
  Social Affluence 0.531 −0.042 0.573
  Concentrated Disadvantage 0.330 0.245 0.576
Social Capital
  SCI Score 0.044 0.305 0.350
  Violent Crime Rate 0.019 0.056 0.075
  Property Crime Rate −0.003 −0.022 −0.024
  Residential Stability 0.001 −0.044 −0.043
Income Inequality
  Gini Coefficient 1.833 4.219 −2.386

Note: Bold numbers indicate that the variable is associated with the dependent variable at the 95% level.