Table 2. Association between county-level racial inequity, urban-rural classification and infant mortality rate (IMR).
| Black IMR | White IMR | Black-White IMR ratio | ||||
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | |
| β (SE) | β (SE) | β (SE) | β (SE) | β (SE) | β (SE) | |
| Racial inequity | ||||||
| Median income | 6.86 (2.62)a | .93 (2.66) | 3.20 (.90) a | 1.28 (.79) | -.33 (.62) | -.24 (.74) |
| College graduation | .67 (1.62) | 1.28 (1.80) | -1.54 (.58) a | -1.47 (.55)a | 1.04 (.38) a | 1.31 (.49) a |
| Unemployment | .35 (.45) | .60 (.46) | -.29 (.14) a | -.19 (.11) | .32 (.11) a | .24 (.13) |
| Homeownership | 5.18 (1.69) a | 10.39 (1.90)a | -1.78 (.63) a | .70 (.64) | 1.83 (.40) a | 1.71 (.53) a |
| Urbanization | ||||||
| Large central metro | --- | --- | --- | |||
| Large fringe metro | -1.13 (.68) | .24 (.24) | -.34 (.19) | |||
| Medium | .06 (.09) | .26 (.22) | -.09 (.16) | |||
| Small | 1.39 (.71) | .78 (.26) a | -.05 (.19) | |||
| Micropolitan | -1.30 (1.29) | 1.91 (.46) a | -.70 (.35) a | |||
| Population, 100,000 | -.03 (.02) | -.01 (.01) | -.01 (.01) | |||
| % non-Hispanic Black | 3.54 (1.79)a | 1.88 (.61) a | .06 (.50) | |||
| Dissimilarity Index | .39 (1.81) | -1.36 (.65) a | .59 (.49) | |||
| Median income, $10,000 | -.68 (.21)a | -.31 (.07) a | .04 (.06) | |||
| % college graduate | -.04 (.06) | -.09 (.02) a | .03 (.02) a | |||
| % unemployed | .06 (.09) | -.08 (.03) a | .05 (.03) | |||
| % homeowner | 12.05 (2.56)a | -.29 (.87) | 2.33 (.70) a | |||
| Constant | 6.15 (.80)a | 1.18 (2.85) | 5.76 (.30)a | 9.60 (.97) a | .79 (.19) a | -2.02 (.78) a |
| Number of observations | 349 | 264 | 405 | 308 | 348 | 263 |
| R-squared | .18 | .49 | .05 | .55 | .23 | .32 |
| Adjusted R-squared | .17 | .46 | .04 | .53 | .22 | .28 |
| F statistic (P) | 18.45 (P<.001) | 15.66 (P<.001) | 4.90 (.001) | 23.83 (P<.001) | 25.66 (P<.001) | 7.70 (P<.001) |
a. P<.05
SE, standard error.