Table 1:
Characteristics of communities participating in the HEALing Communities Study by state and urban-rural areas
| Kentucky | Massachusetts | New York | Ohio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban % or Est. (SD) | Rural % or Est. (SD) | Urban % or Est. (SD) | Rural % or Est. (SD) | Urban % or Est. (SD) | Rural % or Est. (SD) | Urban % or Est. (SD) | Rural % or Est. (SD) | |
| Number of randomized communities | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Population aged 18 or older, 2019 1 | 1,205,069 | 223,977 | 570,429 | 127,341 | 1,638,921 | 415,858 | 3,571,154 | 410,168 |
| Distribution of population, aged 18 or older by age 1 | ||||||||
| Age 18–34 | 31% | 31% | 33% | 23% | 31% | 26% | 31% | 29% |
| Age 35–54 | 32% | 32% | 32% | 33% | 31% | 29% | 31% | 31% |
| Age 55+ | 37% | 38% | 35% | 44% | 38% | 44% | 38% | 41% |
| Distribution of population. aged 18 or older by sex 1 | ||||||||
| Female | 52% | 52% | 53% | 51% | 52% | 50% | 52% | 50% |
| Male | 48% | 48% | 47% | 49% | 48% | 50% | 48% | 50% |
| Distribution of population, aged 18 or older, by race and ethnicity 1 | ||||||||
| Black | 15% | 5% | 11% | 1% | 13% | 4% | 22% | 3% |
| Hispanic | 4% | 2% | 24% | 3% | 12% | 6% | 4% | 2% |
| White | 78% | 91% | 55% | 92% | 70% | 88% | 70% | 93% |
| Other | 3% | 1% | 9% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 4% | 1% |
| Area Deprivation Index (ADI; scale of 0–1, 1 being highest) 2 | 0.58 (0.21) | 0.78 (0.11) | 0.50 (0.22) | 0.28 (0.11) | 0.43 (0.25) | 0.58 (0.15) | 0.64 (0.18) | 0.69 (0.10) |
| High school education or more, % of adults aged 25+, 2014–2019 3 | 89% | 82% | 82% | 94% | 89% | 89% | 90% | 87% |
| Median household income, 2014–2019 3 | 31,538 (9,983) | 22,828 (5,100) | 27,956 (9,087) | 38,062 (4,237) | 34,195 (10,257) | 30,882 (4,799) | 31,557 (9,196) | 28,079 (3,843) |
| Households receiving public assistance, %, 2014–2019 3 | 10% | 20% | 24% | 8% | 9% | 7% | 12% | 14% |
Note. Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
For HCS communities that represent counties (n=48 of 67 communities), population information is drawn from: U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). Bridged-Race Population Estimates. Retrieved via https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/bridged_race.htm on December 7, 2021. For communities that represent units smaller than counties (e.g., townships; n=19 of 67 communities), population information is drawn from: U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). 2015–2018 American Community Survey 5-year Averages. Retrieved via https://data.census.gov/cedsci on December 8, 2021.
Kind, A. J. H, & Buckingham W. (2018). Making neighborhood disadvantage metrics accessible: The Neighborhood Atlas. New England Journal of Medicine, 378, 2456–2458. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1802313. And: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine Public Health. (2021). 2014–2019 Area Deprivation Index v2.0. Retrieved from https://www.neighborhoodatlas.medicine.wisc.edu/ on January 21, 2021.
U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). 2014–2019 American Community Survey 5-year Averages. Retrieved via the TidyCensus R package, https://walker-data.com/tidycensus/ on November 1, 2021.