Table 2.

Regression models (non-standardized coefficients) for lung cancer mortality rates by race and gender for 20 environmental exposure factors

Variable name	Black female (R²=0.60)		Black male (R²=0.57)		White female (R²=0.53)		White male (R²=0.62)

	St.B	P	St.B	P	St.B	P	St.B	P
Percentage vulnerable African-American	0.376	<0.0001	0.441	<0.0001	−0.144	0.2441	−0.082	0.5462
SES/education/income	0.269	<0.0001	0.141	<0.0001	0.091	0.293	−0.030	<0.0001
Ambulatory care discharges	0.152	<0.0001	0.152	<0.0001	0.108	<0.0001	0.106	<0.0001
Blue collar workers	0.143	<0.0001	0.199	<0.0001	0.064	<0.0001	0.063	<0.0001
Diversity	0.143	<0.0001	0.032	0.0043	0.023	0.1249	−0.030	0.2782
Poverty	−0.138	0.0005	−0.077	0.008	0.014	0.0259	0.096	0.03
Cigarette consumption	0.136	0.0009	0.064	0.0004	0.596	<0.0001	0.474	<0.0001
Adulthood	−0.066	0.0012	−0.030	0.0999	0.118	<0.0001	0.058	0.0056
Ethyl dichloride and ethylene oxide	0.093	0.002	0.030	0.1447	0.010	0.1517	−0.021	0.075
PM_2.5	0.088	0.0032	0.067	0.0417	−0.101	0.0695	0.090	0.4733
Rent	0.110	0.004	0.035	0.3867	0.163	<0.0001	−0.040	0.22
Marital status	0.053	0.0085	0.035	0.1434	0.115	<0.0001	0.053	<0.0001
Percentage catholic	0.040	0.0091	0.014	0.1163	−0.114	0.0023	−0.109	0.0003
Percentage income housing	−0.091	0.015	−0.035	0.2696	0.057	0.7622	0.098	0.0026
Access to neighborhood facilities	0.021	0.0786	−0.007	0.9579	−0.088	<0.0001	−0.066	<0.0001
Ave daily minimum/maximum temperature	0.024	0.0887	0.111	0.0001	0.148	<0.0001	0.216	<0.0001
Precipitation	0.017	0.2715	0.093	0.027	−0.036	0.9498	0.087	0.1711
Percentage democrats	−0.071	0.3504	−0.070	0.5195	−0.046	0.3428	−0.015	0.5248
Percentage republicans	0.001	0.6917	0.019	0.5166	−0.123	0.3188	−0.045	0.7091
Farming dependent	−0.007	0.9164	0.006	0.391	−0.119	<0.0001	−0.027	0.003

SES: Socioeconomic status, PM_2.5: Particulate matter