Table 2.

Changes in Age‐Adjusted Cardiovascular Mortality by Community Area Tertiles of Change in Violent Crime Rates

Community area tertiles based on change in violent crime rate*	Mean percent change for age‐adjusted cardiovascular morality rate (SD)†	P value for difference compared with first tertile†
First tertile (smallest change)	11.5 (4.8)	…
Second tertile	−13.1 (5.2)	0.48
Third tertile (largest change)	−14.8 (3.4)	0.02

^*Tertiles of change in violent crime rate based on mean percent change in violent crime rates between each period in each community area. first tertile: −59.2% to −19.0%, second tertile: −18.8% to −10.5%, third tertile: −10.3% to 2.9%.

^† Mean of the percent change in age‐adjusted cardiovascular mortality rates between each period in each community area.