Table 2.

Fixed effects regressions of the infant, neonatal and postneonatal mortality rates dependent variable: infant mortality rate, neonatal mortality rate and postneonatal mortality rate

	Infant mortality rate	Neonatal mortality rate	Postneonatal mortality rate
Intercept	4.3	4.6	−0.17
Proportion of black residents	0.25*	0.15	0.097
Proportion of Hispanic residents	−0.12	−0.038	−0.010*
Poverty rate	−0.019	0.0025	−0.022*
Gini coefficient	0.59	−1.62	2.2*
Gross domestic product (per capita)	0.00000097	0.00000029	0.00000063
State and local direct spending (per capita)	0.000057	−0.00000058	0.000058**
Average freshman graduation rate	−0.019	−0.019*	−0.00045
Federal transfers received (per capita)	−0.00049***	−0.00027*	−0.00019*

Source	N	F-statistic	P values	R2	Adj. R2
Infant mortality rate	500	51.7	0.00	0.89	0.87
Neonatal mortality rate	497	28.4	0.00	0.81	0.78
Postneonatal mortality rate	497	33.3	0.00	0.84	0.81

*P≤0.05, **p≤0.01, ***p≤0.001 (two-tailed test).