Table 1. Descriptive characteristics.

Individual Characteristics		Area Characteristics
% Aged 45+	49.37%	Urbanicity	66.18%
% Female	52.81%	% Black	11.85%
Year of Death		Education	79.45%
2004	16.55%	Poverty	29.69%
2005	16.87%	Black Mortality rate per 100,000
2006	16.68%	All-Cause	1765.39
2007	16.66%	Heart Disease	473.30
2008	16.67%	Cancer	262.23
2009	16.57%	Diabetes	19.39
Census Region		White Mortality rate per 100,000
Northeast	12.93%	All-Cause	1167.29
South	15.54%	Heart Disease	260.16
Midwest	46.87%	Cancer	193.44
West	24.66%	Diabetes	11.11

Note: Among ≥ 25 years of age. Area characteristics at the designated market area level from the American Community Survey, 2004–2009 for urbanicity (% living in a city with ≥ 50,000 people); % Black; education among Blacks (% with up to high school education); and poverty among Blacks (% households in poverty). Race-specific age and sex-adjusted mortality rates weighted using the US 2000 standard population per 100,000 person-years from death certificates and mid-year population counts collated by the National Center for Health Statistics, 2004–2009.