Table 1.
County level descriptive statistics.
| Variable (n = 3116 Counties) | Mean | SD | Median | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population in 2020 | 105,237 | 334,733.38 | 26,163.00 | 169 | 10,039,107 |
| Population Density (persons per km2) | 106.45 | 696.94 | 17.50 | 0 | 27755 |
| Native American % | 1.57% | 6.48% | 0.30% | 0.00% | 89.60% |
| Hispanic % | 9.30% | 13.84% | 4.10% | 0.00% | 99.10% |
| African American % | 8.99% | 14.51% | 2.20% | 0.00% | 87.40% |
| Asian % | 1.31% | 2.59% | 0.60% | 0.00% | 43.08% |
| % 65 or older | 19.79% | 4.76% | 19.40% | 4.90% | 58.20% |
| Unemployment % (2019) | 3.96% | 1.39% | 3.70% | 0.70% | 18.30% |
| Household Income USD (2018) + | USD 52,714.43 | USD 13,851.63 | USD 50,531.00 | USD 25,385.00 | USD 140,382.00 |
| Poverty % | 15.17% | 6.11% | 14.10% | 2.60% | 54.00% |
| Smoke % | 17.44% | 3.56% | 16.95% | 5.91% | 41.49% |
| Adult Obesity % | 32.85% | 5.43% | 33.10% | 12.40% | 57.70% |
| Alcohol Abuse % | 2.24% | 1.01% | 2.21% | 0.00% | 10.36% |
| Alzheimer’s % | 10.17% | 2.18% | 10.15% | 0.00% | 25.02% |
| Asthma % | 4.31% | 1.34% | 4.35% | 0.00% | 11.64% |
| Atrial Fibrillation % | 8.03% | 1.61% | 8.12% | 0.00% | 17.50% |
| Cancer % | 7.41% | 1.40% | 7.43% | 0.00% | 12.10% |
| Kidney % * | 22.85% | 4.51% | 22.94% | 0.00% | 51.45% |
| COPD % | 12.81% | 3.77% | 12.44% | 0.00% | 32.15% |
| Depression % | 17.44% | 3.57% | 17.48% | 0.00% | 35.87% |
| Diabetes % | 26.93% | 5.09% | 27.11% | 0.00% | 49.62% |
| Drug Abuse % | 3.14% | 1.83% | 2.93% | 0.00% | 16.70% |
| HIV % | 0.11% | 0.25% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 4.51% |
| Heart Failure % | 14.39% | 3.28% | 14.15% | 0.00% | 33.75% |
| Hepatitis B % | 0.47% | 0.42% | 0.49% | 0.00% | 4.10% |
| Hyperlipidemia % ** | 38.04% | 8.80% | 39.35% | 0.00% | 67.55% |
| Hypertension % | 56.51% | 8.77% | 58.30% | 0.00% | 74.95% |
| Ischemia % *** | 26.84% | 5.44% | 26.68% | 0.00% | 46.91% |
| Stroke % | 3.32% | 1.09% | 3.35% | 0.00% | 9.46% |
| Number of Acute Beds | 215 | 720.47 | 35 | 0 | 19274 |
| Case Mix Index | 1.061 | 0.587 | 1.170 | 0.000 | 2.710 |
| 2016 Winning Party (1 = Democrat) | 0.158 | 0.364 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| Deaths/100K | 34.030 | 46.753 | 17.753 | 0.000 | 461.156 |
+ collinear with poverty, r = −0.771, * collinear with diabetes, r = 0.78, ** collinear with hypertension, r = 0.80, *** collinear with heart failure and hypertension, r = 0.71 for both.