TABLE 1.
Descriptive statistics. 51 jurisdictions with their highest (“high” column) and lowest (“low” column) land elevation points. Three land elevation categories in the “Elevation” column as low, overlap, and high. D.C. = District of Columbia. Smoke-w = percent of white adults who were smokers in 2008. Smoke-b = percent of black adults who were smokers in 2008 in non-overlapping states for land elevation (rows “low” and “high”). Lower and upper fences pertain to outlier analysis for smoking for non-overlapping land elevation states. Bolded values in Smoke columns indicate outlier states which were omitted from t test analysis. NA = data not reported in source used (Centers, 2014c).
| Row | Elevation | State | High | Low | Smoke-w | Smoke-b | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Low | Florida | 345 | 0 | 19.5 | 12.7 | |
| 2. | Low | D.C. | 410 | 1 | 9.8 | 22.4 | |
| 3. | Low | Delaware | 448 | 0 | 17.9 | 16.5 | |
| 4. | Low | Louisiana | 535 | -8 | 21.0 | 19.9 | |
| 5. | Low | Mississippi | 806 | 0 | 23.5 | 20.6 | |
| 6. | Low | Rhode Island | 812 | 0 | 17.8 | 16.5 | |
| 7. | Low | Illinois | 1235 | 279 | 19.9 | 25.7 | |
| 8. | Low | Indiana | 1257 | 320 | 24.5 | 33.3 | |
| 9. | Low | Ohio | 1550 | 455 | 18.9 | 24.3 | |
| 10. | Low | Iowa | 1670 | 480 | 18.1 | NA | |
| 11. | Low | Missouri | 1772 | 230 | 24.9 | 24.7 | |
| 12. | Overlap | New Jersey | 1803 | 0 | |||
| 13. | Overlap | Wisconsin | 1951 | 579 | |||
| 14. | Overlap | Michigan | 1979 | 571 | |||
| 15. | Overlap | Minnesota | 2301 | 601 | |||
| 16. | Overlap | Connecticut | 2380 | 0 | |||
| 17. | Overlap | Alabama | 2407 | 0 | |||
| 18. | Overlap | Arkansas | 2753 | 55 | |||
| 19. | Overlap | Pennsylvania | 3213 | 0 | |||
| 20. | Overlap | Maryland | 3360 | 0 | |||
| 21. | Overlap | Massachusetts | 3491 | 0 | |||
| 22. | Overlap | North Dakota | 3506 | 750 | |||
| 23. | Overlap | South Carolina | 3560 | 0 | |||
| 24. | Overlap | Kansas | 4039 | 679 | |||
| 25. | Overlap | Kentucky | 4145 | 257 | |||
| 26. | Overlap | Vermont | 4393 | 95 | |||
| 27. | Overlap | Georgia | 4784 | 0 | |||
| 28. | Overlap | West Virginia | 4863 | 240 | |||
| 29. | Overlap | Oklahoma | 4973 | 289 | |||
| 30. | Overlap | Maine | 5268 | 0 | |||
| 31. | Overlap | New York | 5344 | 0 | |||
| 32. | Overlap | Nebraska | 5424 | 840 | |||
| 33. | Overlap | Virginia | 5729 | 0 | |||
| 34. | Overlap | New Hampshire | 6288 | 0 | |||
| 35. | Overlap | Tennessee | 6643 | 178 | |||
| 36. | Overlap | North Carolina | 6684 | 0 | |||
| 37. | Overlap | South Dakota | 7242 | 966 | |||
| 38. | Overlap | Texas | 8749 | 0 | |||
| 39. | Overlap | Oregon | 11239 | 0 | |||
| 40. | Overlap | Arizona | 12633 | 70 | |||
| 41. | Overlap | Idaho | 12662 | 710 | |||
| 42. | Overlap | Nevada | 13140 | 479 | |||
| 43. | Overlap | Hawaii | 13796 | 0 | |||
| 44. | Overlap | Washington | 14411 | 0 | |||
| 45. | Overlap | California | 14494 | -282 | |||
| 46. | Overlap | Alaska | 20320 | 0 | |||
| 47. | High | Montana | 12799 | 1800 | 17.2 | NA | |
| 48. | High | New Mexico | 13161 | 2842 | 19.4 | NA | |
| 49. | High | Utah | 13528 | 2000 | 8.8 | NA | |
| 50. | High | Wyoming | 13804 | 3099 | 18.3 | NA | |
| 51. | High | Colorado | 14433 | 3315 | 16.0 | 27.9 | |
| Lower fence | 13.86 | 7.70 | |||||
| Upper fence | 23.96 | 35.70 |