Table 5.

Comparison of health outcomes in zero versus some exposure counties (Exposure 1), and tests of difference^a for the U.S. as a whole and the southern, northeastern and western regions of analysis.^a,b

	All Counties				South				Northeast				West
	No exposure	Some exposure			No exposure	Some exposure			No exposure	Some exposure			No exposure	Some exposure
	Mean	Mean	SE	p	Mean	Mean	SE	p	Mean	Mean	SE	p	Mean	Mean	SE	p
Lack of health insurance	21.9	23.9	0.7	0.00	22.4	24.7	1.0	0.03	14.4	14.9	1.5	0.76	24.2	25.0	0.9	0.36
Annual checkup	75.6	76.4	0.3	0.00	77.6	77.4	0.3	0.61	75.7	75.5	0.6	0.78	73.9	75.2	0.6	0.02
Core preventive services for older men	26.8	26.4	0.4	0.25	22.7	22.3	0.6	0.04	22.1	21.7	1.0	0.36	20.3	18.2	0.6	0.78
Core preventive services for older women	21.5	20.8	0.3	0.01	27.7	26.4	0.4	0.29	25.2	24.2	0.6	0.49	26.7	26.9	0.4	0.00
High blood pressure	52.0	55.4	1.6	0.03	53.2	54.6	2.4	0.57	36.2	37.3	3.5	0.75	56.7	61.3	2.4	0.06
Current asthma	42.4	46.9	2.6	0.08	38.4	41.4	4.1	0.46	21.1	23.0	5.3	0.72	53.3	61.3	3.8	0.03
Coronary heart disease	36.6	41.3	2.4	0.06	34.9	38.1	4.0	0.43	16.9	17.9	5.0	0.86	45.1	52.0	3.4	0.04
COPDc	18.3	19.5	0.8	0.14	19.2	18.6	1.2	0.65	11.4	12.4	1.9	0.61	20.1	22.7	1.2	0.04
Diabetes	22.4	24.9	1.0	0.01	23.3	24.7	1.5	0.35	14.4	16.7	2.3	0.34	24.6	27.4	1.3	0.04
Current smoking	39.7	42.1	1.4	0.10	38.6	38.5	1.9	0.98	29.7	34.0	3.8	0.26	44.3	49.5	2.4	0.03
Physical inactivity	45.8	49.2	1.6	0.03	47.9	48.7	2.3	0.71	33.9	36.3	4.1	0.56	48.5	53.3	2.4	0.04
Stroke	10.2	10.8	0.6	0.28	10.8	11.4	1.0	0.57	5.5	5.4	1.0	0.89	11.3	11.2	0.8	0.94

^aStandard error (SE); p-value (p).

^bExposure 1: Count of prescribed burn buffers in the county.

^cChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).