Table 4.

Pearson correlations for NHB ethnic group between variables used in the study and their significance levels.

		Infection%	Mortality%	Poverty	Age60+	Diabetes	BMI30+	HBP	CVD
Infection%	Pearson correlations	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)
Mortality%	Pearson correlations	0.93***	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.01
Poverty	Pearson correlations	−0.03	−0.07	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.833	0.677
Age60+	Pearson correlations	0.90***	0.95***	−0.10	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.01	<0.01	0.550
Diabetes	Pearson correlations	0.92***	0.95***	−0.084	0.99***	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.01	<0.01	0.610	<0.01
BMI30+	Pearson correlations	0.94***	0.96***	−0.09	0.99***	0.99***	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.01	<0.01	0.592	<0.01	<0.01
HBP	Pearson correlations	0.94***	0.96***	−0.09	0.99***	0.99***	0.99***	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.01	<0.01	0.592	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
CVD	Pearson correlations	0.86***	0.92***	0.07	0.99***	0.98***	0.96***	0.97***	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.01	<0.01	0.691	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01

“*” significance at p < 0.1, “**” significance at p < 0.05,

^“***”significance at p < 0.01.