Table 6:
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# of operating coal mines (in 10s) | −0.660* (0.392) | −0.664* (0.403) | −0.0751 (0.108) | −0.122 (0.102) |
# of horizontal oil and gas wells (in 100s) | 0.439* (0.250) | 0.320 (0.236) | 0.00607 (0.0384) | 0.0348 (0.0381) |
# of operating coal mines (in 10s), 0 < X ≤ 25 miles | 0.192 (0.221) | 0.311 (0.232) | 0.0159 (0.0478) | 0.0118 (0.0492) |
# of operating coal mines (in 10s), 25 < X ≤ 50 miles | −0.142 (0.149) | −0.0862 (0.172) | −0.0107 (0.0290) | 0.000871 (0.0306) |
# of horizontal O&G wells (in 100s), 0 < X ≤ 25 miles | −0.113 (0.0828) | −0.109 (0.0827) | −0.00130 (0.0159) | −0.000141 (0.0159) |
# of horizontal O&G wells (in 100s), 25 < X ≤ 50 miles | 0.0823 (0.0573) | 0.0590 (0.0622) | 0.00826 (0.0126) | 0.00561 (0.0132) |
# of observations | 27,384 | 27,384 | 32,844 | 32,844 |
R-squared | 0.380 | 0.404 | 0.164 | 0.207 |
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State * Year FE | X | X | X | X |
All U.S. <= 100 miles from shale/coal basins | X | X | X | X |
Notes: In this table, we display results of models connecting resource development with mortality associated with non-drug overdose “Deaths of Despair” (rates measured per 100,000 people). In Column 1, our outcome variable is the county’s non-drug overdose suicide rate. In Column 2, our outcome variable is the county’s alcohol overdose rate. All models include county fixed effects, year fixed effects, and interactions between a year vector and the initial mortality rate to control for pre-coal bust and pre-shale boom differences in mortality rates. Statistical significance: 1% level, ***; 5% level, **; and 10% level, *.