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. 2019 Jun 5;4(7):671–679. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.1651

Table 1. County-Level Characteristics.

Characteristic Mean (SD) P Value
Medicaid Expansion States Medicaid Nonexpansion States
States, No. 30a 19 NA
Counties included, No.
2010 912 994 NA
2011 902 989
2012 905 992
2013 923 985
2014 923 1013
2015 918 1012
2016 931 1029
US census region, %
South 21.9 84.1 <.001
Northeast 18.9 1.5 <.001
Midwest 39.3 11.5 <.001
West 20.0 2.9 <.001
Nonmetropolitan counties, % 48.0 50.9 .21
Residents aged 45-64 y per county in 2010, median (IQR)b 16 595 (9030-42 640) 11 114.5 (6514-25 225) <.001
County residents aged 45-64 y without insurance, %
In 2010 14.6 (5.1) 19.5 (6.0) <.001
Change in percentage, 2010-2016 7.3 (3.2) 5.6 (2.7) <.001
County residents aged 45-64 y without insurance with income <138% of the federal poverty line, %
In 2010 35.6 (8.0) 44.9 (7.9) <.001
Percentage change, 2010-2016 19.8 (5.5) 13.5 (3.9) <.001
Demographic attributes in county residents aged 45-64 y in 2010, %
Female 51.2 (1.2) 51.5 (1.4) <.001
Black 9.6 (11.1) 16.5 (14.0) <.001
Hispanic 11.4 (12.0) 11.0 (16.2) .57
Attributes of county residents in 2010, %
Unemployed adults 10.1 (2.5) 9.5 (2.3) <.001
In poverty 14.4 (5.0) 16.6 (5.4) <.001
With diabetes 8.5 (1.5) 9.7 (1.6) <.001
With obesity 26.2 (4.6) 29.1 (4.2) <.001
Smoking 17.1 (4.7) 18.9 (5.2) <.001
County household income in 2010, median (IQR), $c 57 653.6
(49 490.3-
69 431.4)
50 369.4
(44 279.8-
57 251.0)
<.001
Clinicians per 100 000 residents in 2010
Primary care clinicians 78.3 (27.7) 65.7 (25.3) <.001
Cardiologists 7.7 (6.4) 6.6 (5.3) <.001

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; NA, not available.

a

Included 29 states and Washington, DC.

b

Summary measure not weighted by county population.

c

In 2016 dollars.