Figure 3.
Adjusted rate ratiosa of age-standardized avoidable cardiovascular disease death rates, by county health factor, United States,b 2006–2010
aRate ratios compare death rates from counties in the second-, third-, and fourth-ranking quartiles with the first-ranking quartile (the reference group) for each health factor. The rate ratio of each health-factor group is adjusted for the remaining three health factors.
bSources: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2010 cycle [cited 2016 Feb 23]. Available from: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org; National Center for Health Statistics (US). National Vital Statistics System, 2006–2010 [cited 2016 Feb 19]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm
cQuartiles reflect best (Q1, reference group, not shown) to worst (Q4) health-factor ranking.
dError bars represent 95% confidence intervals.