Table 1.
OLS Regression of 2008–12 Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates per 100,000 Regressed on Population, Economic, and Health Care Index in Rural US Counties.
| Variable |
Rural White Mortality |
Rural Black Mortality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unstd. Coeff. (Std. Error) | Std. Coeff. (t-stat.) | Unstd. Coeff. (Std. Error) | Std. Coeff. (t-stat.) | |||
| Constant | 429.651 | – | *** | -432.293 | – | |
| (54.394) | (544.078) | |||||
| Percent Female | 10.347 | 0.159 | 18.184 | 0.043 | ||
| (1.105) | (9.361) | *** | (10.957) | (1.660) | ||
| Percent Black | 0.635 | -0.064 | -4.700 | -0.077 | * | |
| (0.203) | (-3.125) | ** | (1.984) | (-2.369) | ||
| Percent Poverty | 4.189 | 0.192 | *** | 17.302 | 0.119 | *** |
| (0.469) | (8.936) | (4.970) | (3.481) | |||
| Percent Age 65+ | -3.470 | -.094 | *** | 30.501 | 0.108 | *** |
| (0.678) | (-5.119) | (7.748) | (3.937) | |||
| Percent College | -8.869 | -0.345 | *** | 2.151 | 0.013 | |
| (0.478) | (-18.556) | (4.951) | (0.435) | |||
| Gini Index | 99.393 | 0.138 | *** | -144.078 | -0.027 | |
| (12.362) | (8.040) | (141.596) | (-1.018) | |||
| South (ref) | – | – | – | – | ||
| – | – | – | – | |||
| Northeast | -82.010 | -0.118 | *** | -71.156 | -0.017 | |
| (12.219) | (-6.712) | (116.345) | (-0.612) | |||
| Midwest | -101.889 | -0.338 | *** | 28.866 | 0.014 | |
| (6.416) | (-15.881) | (66.787) | (0.432) | |||
| West | -85.663 | -0.211 | *** | -373.086 | -0.123 | *** |
| (8.251) | (-10.382) | (90.577) | (-4.119) | |||
| Rural Public Health | 8.885 | 0.061 | *** | -62.532 | -0.061 | |
| Infrastructure Index | (2.420) | (3.671) | (26.348) | (-2.373) | ** | |
| R-Square | 0.488 | 0.045 | ||||
*.05 level, **.01 level, ***.001 level