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. 2021 Aug 5;7(8):e29205. doi: 10.2196/29205

Table 1.

Summary statistics of the census tract demographics and social determinants of health in Cameron County, Texas and the whole United States. Data were obtained from American Community Survey 2013-2018 5-year estimates.

Variable Cameron (n=84) US (n=73,056) 
Younger than 18 years (%)

Mean (CVa %) 30.2 (18.9) 22.1 (30.1)

Median (Q1, Q3b) 31.2 (27.5, 33.7) 22.2 (18.5, 26.0)
Older than 65 years (%)

Mean (CV %) 14.0 (38.3) 16.0 (50.2)

Median (Q1, Q3) 13.2 (10.4, 16.9) 15.2 (11.0, 19.6)
Racial minority (%)

Mean (CV %) 90.6 (12.1) 38.3 (78.3)

Median (Q1, Q3) 94.7 (86.8, 97.1) 29.7 (12.5, 60.8)
Single-parent household (%)

Mean (CV %) 14.6 (39.0) 9.3 (69.2)

Median (Q1, Q3) 14.1 (10.1, 18.8) 7.9 (4.8, 12.2)
Disability (%)

Mean (CV %) 13.5 (30.1)  13.4 (44.0)

Median (Q1, Q3) 13.7 (10.4, 16.2) 12.5 (9.2, 16.6)
Limited English (%)

Mean (CV %) 27.7 (35.4) 8.0 (135.4)

Median (Q1, Q3) 27.6 (20.4, 35.7) 3.5 (1.1, 10.1)
Unemployed (%)

Mean (CV %) 3.9 (51.5) 3.9 (68.1)

Median (Q1, Q3) 3.5 (2.4, 5.1) 3.3 (2.1, 4.9)
No high school diploma (%)

Mean (CV %) 36.2 (39.1) 13.0 (81.2)

Median (Q1, Q3) 35.7 (24.3, 48.6) 10.1 (5.4, 17.6)
Per capita income (US $)

Mean (CV %) 16,100 (42.5) 32,300 (52.1)

Median (Q1, Q3) 14,000 (11,300, 19,500) 28,600 (21,700, 38,200)
Living poverty (%)

Mean (CV %) 29.6 (38.6) 11.5 (93.1)

Median (Q1, Q3) 28.9 (21.0, 37.1) 8.2 (3.8, 15.9)
Uninsured (%)

Mean (CV %) 29.1 (29.1) 9.4 (75.7)

Median (Q1, Q3) 29.1 (23.3, 34.3) 7.6 (4.2, 12.6)
Crowded housing (%)

Mean (CV %) 11.8 (52.9) 3.6 (146.1)

Median (Q1, Q3) 11.2 (7.5, 15.0) 1.9 (0.6, 4.4)
Renters (%)

Mean (CV %) 36.9 (46.5) 36.8 (62.3)

Median (Q1, Q3) 34.5 (24.9, 44.9) 31.7 (18.6, 51.4)
Rent burden (%)

Mean (CV %) 55.8 (26.4) 48.2 (33.4)

Median (Q1, Q3) 55.0 (48.9, 65.0) 48.6 (38.0, 59.0)
No vehicle (%)

Mean (CV %) 8.6 (81.1) 9.4 (130.4)

Median (Q1, Q3) 7.40 (3.5, 11.0) 5.3 (2.5, 11.0)

aCV: coefficient of variation.

bQ1, Q3: first quartile, third quartile.