Table 3.

Correlation analysis of the combined inequity score with each inequity component assessed at zip code aggregations of NC, NC rural, and the NC rural with and without at least 1 VUC encounter

	Correlation
Inequity factor	Statewide zip codes	Rural zip codes	Rural without encounter zip codes	Rural with encounter zip codes	NC rural zip codes
American Indian	0.204	0.205	0.165	0.349	33
African American	0.483	0.529	0.527	0.603	140
In poverty	0.538	0.59	0.602	0.633	388
Single-female HH with children receiving food stamps	0.491	0.5	0.484	0.587	183
>60 years of age receiving food stamps	0.639	0.59	0.574	0.73	296
Medicare	0.29	0.13	0.167	0.18	411
Medicaid	0.645	0.61	0.616	0.702	317
Health services access	0.399	0.198	0.233	0.331	431
Road access	0.296	0.168	0.265	–0.122	430
Broadband access	–0.438	–0.333	–0.318	–0.451	325
No vehicle	0.384	0.429	0.396	0.67	181

NC: North Carolina; VUC: virtual urgent care.