2. Results of HGLM base modela for demographics .
| Demographic variable | Coeff. | Half-Std. Coeff. | Robust SE | t–Ratio | Approx. DF | P | ERR | Half-Std. ERR | %
Change |
Abs. % Change | Rank |
| aCounty-level overdispersion parameter (σ2)=18.90, and state-level residual variance (τ)=0.75 (P<0.001). SE: standard error; DF: degree of freedom; ERR: event rate ratio. | |||||||||||
| (Intercept) | 2.04 | 0.19 | 10.59 | 50 | <0.001 | 7.68 | – | – | – | – | |
| Proportion of below 18 years of age | –0.38 | –0.01 | 1.08 | –0.35 | 3077 | 0.73 | 0.69 | 0.99 | –1.3% | 1.3% | 7 |
| Proportion of 65 and older | 4.42 | 0.21 | 1.33 | 3.32 | 3077 | <0.001 | 83.48 | 1.23 | 23.2% | 23.2% | 4 |
| Proportion of non-Hispanic Black | 2.10 | 0.30 | 0.44 | 4.73 | 3077 | <0.001 | 8.14 | 1.35 | 35.0% | 35.0% | 1 |
| Proportion of Hispanic | 2.06 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 7.39 | 3077 | <0.001 | 7.82 | 1.33 | 32.9% | 32.9% | 2 |
| Proportion of female | 2.33 | 0.05 | 3.22 | 0.72 | 3077 | 0.47 | 10.30 | 1.05 | 5.5% | 5.5% | 6 |
| Proportion of rural | –1.22 | –0.38 | 0.58 | –2.09 | 3077 | 0.04 | 0.30 | 0.68 | –31.9% | 31.9% | 3 |
| Rural-urban continuum code | –0.08 | –0.21 | 0.04 | –1.87 | 3077 | 0.06 | 0.93 | 0.81 | –18.9% | 18.9% | 5 |