Table 4.
Person-years saved given a simulated 1 US$ increase in annual per capita county spending in 2007.
| Subsample (n = 2028) (population = 257,796 thousands) |
All counties (n = 3097) (population = 288,729 thousands) |
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| VARIABLES | Incremental investment (thousands, US$) | Incremental person-years saved | Average person-years saved per county | Incremental investment (thousands, US$) | Incremental person-years saved | Average person-years saved per county |
| Total | Total | Mean (95% CI) | Total | Total | Mean (95% CI) | |
| Infrastructure (Urban counties) | ||||||
| Sewerage | 224,522 | 70,028 | 80.2 (66.4–94.0) | 243,063 | 82,091 | 71.1 (58.8–83.4) |
| Fire Protection | 224,522 | 116,947 | 134.0 (121.6–146.3) | 243,063 | 139,593 | 121.0 (65.8–176.1) |
| Solid Waste Mgmt. | 224,522 | 68,969 | 79.0 (63.9–94.1) | 243,062 | 75,934 | 65.8 (55.1–76.5) |
| Highways | 224,522 | 28,190 | 32.3 (28.3–36.2) | 243,063 | 34,724 | 30.1 (25.5–34.7) |
| Social (Rural counties) | ||||||
| Health | 33,275 | 53,485 | 46.3 (40.1–52.5) | 45,666 | 77,997 | 40.1 (37.2–43.1) |
| Education | 33,275 | 2390 | 2.1 (2.0–2.2) | 45,666 | 3302 | 1.7 (1.6–1.8) |
| Natural Resources | 33,274 | 237,003 | 205.2 (184.4–225.9) | 45,667 | 339,999 | 175.0 (162.5–187.5) |
| Libraries | 33,274 | 163,777 | 141.8 (124.8–158.8) | 45,666 | 234,755 | 120.8 (114.1–127.6) |
| Parks and Recreation | 33,275 | 137,591 | 119.1 (108.3–130.0) | 45,666 | 209,633 | 107.9 (103.2–112.6) |
| Public Welfare | 33,275 | 96,333 | 83.4 (73.8–93.0) | 45,666 | 158,759 | 81.7 (76.7–86.7) |
Notes: Baseline investments are shown on Table 1. Average baseline prediction of LEB is 77.4427 (SD = 1.7311) in 2010. Reported results: Population × Δ Investment; , for county i, i = 873 urban counties and i = 1155 rural counties, for the 2007-10 analysis; Average person-years saved per county and 95% CI in parenthesis.