Table 1. Summary statistics of variables considered as potential predictors of county-level Diabetes Self-management Education (DSME) program participation and its hotspots in Florida, 2010.

Predictor variable	Mean	SD1	Median	Minimum	Maximum	IQR2
Proportion of having normal and less than normal weight	0.333	0.061	0.336	0.180	0.460	0.071
Proportion of having overweight*	0.367	0.042	0.710	0.246	0.474	0.043
Proportion of being obese	0.300	0.069	0.293	0.173	0.497	0.079
Proportion of smokers*	0.507	0.067	0.519	0.333	0.664	0.102
Proportion of heavy drinkers	0.055	0.019	0.054	0.018	0.104	0.027
Proportion of doing exercise	0.734	0.054	0.736	0.599	0.856	0.071
Proportion of having overall good health*	0.795	0.057	0.797	0.633	0.889	0.070
Proportion of having overall poor health*	0.205	0.057	0.203	0.111	0.367	0.070
Proportion of having limited activity due to health problems*	0.264	0.046	0.261	0.184	0.454	0.061
Proportion of having high school or less education	0.438	0.122	0.439	0.200	0.679	0.201
Proportion of having some college education	0.282	0.045	0.282	0.176	0.403	0.056
Proportion of having college education*	0.280	0.108	0.266	0.118	0.519	0.175
Proportion of being white, non-Hispanic*	0.790	0.110	0.804	0.261	0.921	0.118
Proportion of being black, non-Hispanic*	0.083	0.071	0.061	0.018	0.445	0.079
Proportion of being other, non-Hispanic*	0.045	0.024	0.039	0.006	0.115	0.031
Proportion of being Hispanic*	0.082	0.077	0.068	0.006	0.537	0.069
Proportion of being married	0.632	0.053	0.638	0.509	0.760	0.077
Proportion of being divorced/widowed/separated*	0.222	0.038	0.221	0.130	0.372	0.046
Proportion of being never married	0.146	0.047	0.139	0.057	0.269	0.064
Proportion male*	0.518	0.052	0.489	0.468	0.708	0.062
Proportion female*	0.482	0.052	0.511	0.292	0.532	0.062
Proportion with age 18 to 44 years	0.381	0.087	0.386	0.183	0.575	0.125
Proportion with age 45 to 64 years*	0.394	0.075	0.382	0.288	0.555	0.132
Proportion with age equal or greater than 65 years*	0.224	0.069	0.204	0.102	0.397	0.093
Median household income (in $10,000)*	4.181	0.691	4.118	3.097	6.084	1.004
Proportion of being unemployed	0.110	0.019	0.114	0.082	0.156	0.027
Proportion of having diabetes	0.096	0.026	0.095	0.047	0.178	0.036
Proportion that take insulin	0.302	0.086	0.293	0.128	0.526	0.112
Proportion that have diabetic complications (retinopathy)*	0.201	0.065	0.188	0.094	0.467	0.073
Proportion that have regular healthcare provider access*	0.799	0.055	0.805	0.560	0.902	0.070
Proportion of rural population*	0.375	0.323	0.238	0.000	1.000	0.590
Proportion that have insurance coverage	0.741	0.079	0.753	0.482	0.911	0.116
Proportion with age ≥25 years with a college degree*	0.294	0.112	0.286	0.126	0.553	0.182
Proportion below the federal poverty level*	0.177	0.051	0.165	0.098	0.297	0.082

¹Standard deviation.

²Interquartile range.

*Non-normally distributed variables.