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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Spat Demogr. 2021 Aug 24;10(1):33–74. doi: 10.1007/s40980-021-00095-6

Table 7.

The contributions of county-level characteristics to the change in U.S. age-standardized all-cause mortality per 100,000 population between 1999–2001 and 2015–2017 by state, ages 25–64, small/medium metropolitan areas

State Total
change
% College
grads
% In
poverty
% Aged
25–64
%
Foreign-
born
% In
manufacturing
% Unemployed % Obese % Current
smokers
% Single
parents
State
trend
Metro
trend
National
trend
Residual
trend
CT −62 −16 8 1 −19 4 20 −1 −21 3 −25 32 −26 −21
NJ −46 −18 9 1 −29 3 26 −2 −22 8 −36 43 −35 5
DE −37 −21 7 5 −14 5 10 −3 −20 −5 1 48 −39 −10
MA −36 −21 9 0 −24 5 19 −2 −19 1 4 39 −31 −16
SC −36 −20 12 2 −8 5 20 −2 −25 0 −30 47 −38 2
CA −33 −4 8 0 −12 2 9 −2 −21 5 −9 36 −30 −15
SD −33 −13 5 −1 −10 2 5 −2 −14 8 4 33 −27 −23
VT −30 −22 5 2 −6 6 3 −2 −23 −2 20 33 −27 −17
NY −27 −16 8 −1 −9 4 10 −2 −27 −1 0 38 −31 −1
NE −25 −15 10 −1 −8 1 2 −2 −12 4 7 33 −27 −17
NC −22 −18 14 3 −8 8 18 −2 −23 6 −31 43 −35 3
MN −20 −13 8 −2 −12 3 1 −1 −12 7 14 30 −25 −18
WI −19 −14 8 0 −2 3 6 −2 −16 6 2 32 −26 −17
VA −15 −22 12 3 −10 7 16 −2 −24 3 −7 42 −34 0
MS −14 −15 17 −2 −3 2 10 −3 −17 10 −7 53 −43 −17
GA −13 −13 18 0 −7 6 21 −2 −20 5 −35 48 −39 5
WA −11 −10 7 0 −7 2 3 −2 −19 −2 27 37 −30 −17
IA −10 −15 10 0 −8 1 8 −2 −23 7 18 34 −28 −12
NV −9 −17 16 4 −4 1 24 −2 −26 1 0 45 −36 −14
WY −8 −12 2 −1 0 1 4 −2 −13 −1 21 43 −35 −12
PA −6 −17 11 0 −10 5 9 −2 −22 13 16 41 −33 −16
ID −3 −10 9 0 −6 4 0 −2 −13 2 17 33 −27 −9
LA 0 −15 10 −4 −2 3 10 −3 −5 8 −15 51 −41 4
UT 0 −12 5 −4 −3 1 1 −1 −10 1 35 28 −23 −17
OR 2 −12 14 2 −3 4 4 −2 −14 0 9 38 −31 −8
ME 2 −23 8 0 −11 5 7 −2 −20 −6 31 38 −31 5
MI 4 −15 17 1 −4 6 12 −3 −16 −2 5 44 −36 −6
TX 6 −7 1 0 −11 3 −3 −2 −18 14 8 40 −33 13
ND 7 −16 5 −1 −13 0 0 −1 −17 3 40 33 −27 1
MO 7 −17 14 0 −6 4 9 −3 −19 3 28 45 −36 −15
IL 9 −14 11 0 −7 2 16 −2 −22 11 −9 41 −33 15
AL 11 −17 13 −1 −4 6 16 −2 −15 6 21 52 −43 −22
FL 17 −17 13 4 −20 3 18 −2 −25 −3 29 48 −39 10
KS 18 −14 15 0 −6 4 5 −2 −12 6 17 42 −34 −1
NH 18 −17 7 0 −13 7 8 −2 −24 6 53 38 −31 −14
AZ 19 −11 11 9 −16 2 20 −2 −14 5 −14 45 −37 20
OK 32 −15 11 0 −6 2 14 −3 −8 15 53 51 −41 −39
AR 34 −18 14 0 −4 6 8 −2 −16 10 24 48 −39 3
CO 38 −13 8 2 −5 4 10 −1 −16 1 14 36 −29 27
IN 38 −12 19 0 −4 4 13 −2 −23 13 24 44 −36 −1
TN 42 −20 15 5 −7 8 19 −2 −19 4 32 52 −43 −1
NM 42 −6 9 5 −7 3 14 −2 −18 5 33 42 −34 −1
MT 45 −16 3 0 −3 1 −6 −2 −11 −12 56 42 −34 26
KY 46 −21 18 2 −7 6 9 −3 −28 7 76 50 −41 −22
MD 52 −22 11 4 −21 7 20 −3 −26 8 20 48 −39 47
OH 58 −16 18 0 −5 7 6 −3 −19 12 63 52 −42 −14
WV 115 −22 12 2 −2 6 15 −3 −11 14 82 59 −48 11

Note: As these are additive contributions from decomposing changes to each time-varying term in a non-linear model, the state, metro, and national contributions may vary across categories (see Appendix for more information on this additive decomposition)