Table 2.
3-year mortality rate for 75± year olds from: | ||||||||
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Dependent variable: | All causes | Cardio-respiratory | Lung cancer | Other cancer | ||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | |
Frequency downwind | 0.039 | 0.064 | 0.021 | 0.044 | 0.002 | 0.006 | 0.008 | 0.005 |
(0.016) | (0.018) | (0.013) | (0.014) | (0.003) | (0.004) | (0.007) | (0.009) | |
Effect of 1 SD change in frequency downwind | 0.005 | 0.008 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Highway segment FE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Dependent variable mean | 0.155 | 0.155 | 0.103 | 0.103 | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.022 | 0.022 |
N | 9027 | 9027 | 9027 | 9027 | 9027 | 9027 | 9027 | 9027 |
Notes: Each column represents a separate regression of the dependent variable on the percentage of time spent downwind of a major highway. The observation is the census block, and the sample is limited to census blocks with centroids between 50 and 600 m from major highways. Parentheses contain spatial standard errors with a 3200 m bandwidth. All regressions include controls for distance to highway, weather station fixed effects, share African-American, and share over ages 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, and 75. Regressions without highway segment fixed effects include quintics in latitude and longitude and first- and second-order interactions between latitude and longitude. Regressions with highway segment fixed effects include highway segments fixed effects with an 800 m bandwidth.