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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2009 Nov 28;21(3):445–461. doi: 10.1007/s10552-009-9476-y

Table 6.

Sample statistics for intermediate/community factors (counties): mean followed by standard deviation

State CA
CT
GA
IA
KY
Number of counties 58
8
118
99
120
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Percent population in poverty 2000 13.419 4.890 6.513 1.758 15.015 5.386 8.792 2.032 16.698 6.411
Percent population in poverty 2003 12.853 3.820 7.063 1.723 15.382 4.671 9.026 1.789 16.892 5.379
Gini coefficient of income disparity, 2000 0.448 0.023 0.429 0.041 0.443 0.044 0.404 0.022 0.457 0.040
Endoscopic providers per thousand, 2000–2002 1.059 0.527 1.483 0.594 0.544 0.830 1.560 1.294 1.014 0.951
Endoscopic providers per thousand, 2003–2005 1.841 3.946 0.928 0.728 4.117 10.983 2.208 3.272 2.826 15.999
Oncologists per thousand, 2000 0.074 0.067 0.092 0.081 0.044 0.102 0.035 0.147 0.029 0.083
Oncologists per thousand, 2003 0.170 0.142 0.304 0.201 0.115 0.202 0.064 0.284 0.067 0.176
Gastroenterologists per thousand, 2000 0.078 0.070 0.098 0.087 0.051 0.103 0.027 0.116 0.028 0.088
Gastroenterologists per thousand, 2003 0.178 0.157 0.333 0.200 0.137 0.229 0.072 0.347 0.068 0.158
State LA
MI
NJ
NM
UT
WA
Number of counties 64
78
21
33
29
39
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Percent population in poverty 2000 19.281 5.475 10.355 2.894 7.500 3.460 19.670 5.308 11.272 4.177 12.663 3.332
Percent population in poverty 2003 19.169 4.329 10.769 2.424 8.550 3.540 18.918 4.957 10.717 3.560 12.664 2.651
Gini coefficient of income disparity, 2000 0.468 0.033 0.414 0.022 0.432 0.036 0.450 0.033 0.400 0.031 0.428 0.030
Endoscopic providers per thousand, 2000–2002 1.129 1.112 0.433 0.643 1.109 0.344 1.034 0.730 1.188 1.206 0.877 0.766
Endoscopic providers per thousand, 2003–2005 2.500 5.799 4.616 16.157 1.273 0.735 5.680 17.338 2.867 8.172 6.912 18.612
Oncologists per thousand, 2000 0.026 0.063 0.049 0.139 0.080 0.058 0.023 0.053 0.018 0.049 0.054 0.077
Oncologists per thousand, 2003 0.089 0.173 0.087 0.214 0.339 0.186 0.078 0.126 0.135 0.403 0.143 0.187
Gastroenterologists per thousand, 2000 0.028 0.072 0.048 0.138 0.095 0.073 0.018 0.047 0.042 0.118 0.050 0.071
Gastroenterologists per thousand, 2003 0.098 0.188 0.092 0.245 0.368 0.194 0.087 0.152 0.107 0.259 0.144 0.183