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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 13.
Published in final edited form as: Atmos Environ (1994). 2021 Jul 31;262:118650. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118650

Table 2:

Descriptive statistics for spatial determinants

Exposure group Spatial determinant Units N Mean (SD) Median (IQR) Coefficient of variation

Mass fraction PM10 long-term average μg/m3 267 22.42 (6.23) 23.53 (5.91) 0.25
PM2.5 long-term average μg/m3 312 12.59 (3.61) 12.55 (2.73) 0.22
PM2.5-PM10 daily correlation 238 0.70 (0.25) 0.67 (0.18) 0.26
PM ratio 2.5/10 267 0.55 (0.13) 0.56 (0.18) 0.24

Sources/emissions PM2.5 dust construction tons emitted/year 241 137 (321) 419 (944) 2.25
PM2.5 dust paved road tons emitted/year 312 301 (392) 513 (597) 1.16
PM2.5 dust unpaved road tons emitted/year 312 428 (822) 1,065 (2,022) 1.90
PM2.5 fires wild tons emitted/year 312 32 (248) 712 (3,089) 4.34
PM2.5 fires prescribed tons emitted/year 312 135 (727) 932 (2,389) 2.56
PM2.5 fires agriculture field burning tons emitted/year 312 9 (52) 70 (213) 3.06
PM2.5 fires all tons emitted/year 312 310 (1,527) 1,713 (4,339) 2.53
PM2.5 dust all tons emitted/year 312 1,062 (1,508) 1,997 (3,090) 1.55
PM2.5 dust all and ag crops/livestock tons emitted/year 312 1,570 (2,351) 2,699 (3,555) 1.32
PM2.5 agriculture crops livestock tons emitted/year 312 242 (782) 702 (1,125) 1.60
VMT diesel total megatons emitted/year 312 284 (408) 528 (727) 1.38
VMT diesel per capita tons emitted/year 312 882 (358) 921 (352) 0.38
VMT gas total megatons emitted/year 312 3,150 (5,418) 6,680 (9,801) 1.47
VMT gas per capita tons emitted/year 312 9,913 (2,594) 10,191 (1,886) 0.19

Components PM2.5 ammonium μg/m3 312 0.63 (0.40) 0.61 (0.28) 0.47
PM2.5 nitrate μg/m3 312 0.69 (0.64) 0.70 (0.36) 0.52
PM2.5 sulfate μg/m3 312 2.03 (0.93) 1.88 (0.68) 0.36
PM2.5 elemental carbon μg/m3 312 0.29 (0.11) 0.31 (0.10) 0.31
PM2.5 organic carbon μg/m3 312 0.94 (0.30) 0.94 (0.22) 0.23