Table 1. Comparison of Hot-spot and Cool-spot Counties.

Table 1 provides national totals and county medians for multiple variables, and compares hot-spots and cool-spots using Wilcoxon rank-sum (Mann-Whitney) tests.

	All Counties n = 3,137		Hot-spot Counties (HH) n = 705	Cool-spot Counties (LH) n = 234
	National Total	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)	P-Value
Adjusted Stroke Mortality Rate (per 100k pop)	56.1	61.7 (51.4–74.7)	83.6 (76.5–95.5)	46.1 (38.9–51.6)	<0.001
Urban Population (%)	80.6	40.6 (12.2–67)	31.4 (10.4–51.5)	26.5 (0–55.1)	0.459
Median Age (Yrs)	37.2	40.4 (37.4–43.3)	39.9 (37.6–42)	40.4 (38–42.9)	0.033
Black Population (%)	12.6	2.1 (0.5–10.4)	10.4 (1.9–32.1)	4.8 (1–19)	<0.001
Hispanic Population (%)	16.4	3.3 (1.6–8.3)	2.6 (1.4–5.7)	2.9 (1.5–6.3)	0.221
Median Household Income ($, 2012)	53,046	43809 (37,970–50,697)	37508 (33,333–42,256)	40682.5 (34,848–48,596)	<0.001
Unemployment Rate (%)	9.3	8.4 (6.2–10.7)	10.2 (8–12.6)	9 (6.9–10.7)	<0.001
Education High School or Less (%)	42.5	51.2 (43.8–58.7)	58.7 (53.1–63.7)	56 (47–62.6)	<0.001
No Health Insurance (%)	14.9	14.6 (11–18.5)	17.1 (14.7–19.9)	16.7 (13.8–20.2)	0.131
Adult Diabetes (%)	9.0	9.8 (8.5–11.3)	11.6 (10.4–12.7)	10.7 (9.5–11.9)	<0.001
Adult Obesity (%)	26.5	29.1 (27.2–31)	31.1 (29.5–32.8)	29.9 (27.5–31.8)	<0.001
Adult Hypertension (%)	37.2	38.8 (37.1–41.2)	42.2 (40.4–44.9)	40.4 (38.7–42.9)	<0.001
MDs (per 100k pop)	30.3	25.5 (15.5–39.4)	22.7 (14.5–33.3)	20.1 (11.5–31.8)	0.031
Hospitals (per 100k pop)	2.1	1 (1–2)	1 (1–1)	1 (0–1)	0.034
Hospital Admissions (per 100k pop)	86.8	69 (27.2–119.2)	71.6 (21.1–126.7)	48.2 (0–95.9)	<0.001
ED Visits (per 100k pop)	396.3	369 (169.7–536.1)	432.1 (110.5–603.3)	331.7 (0–521.9)	<0.001
Medicare Eligible Population (%)	14.7	18.2 (15.3–21.3)	19.1 (16.5–21.5)	18.3 (15.1–20.6)	0.003