| Children (ages 0 – 17) 249 counties | Working age adults (ages 18 – 64) 571 counties | ||||
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 | Model Coefficient | SE | p-value | Model Coefficient | SE | p-value |
Facilities (ref: neither) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   CHC Only | -0.0778 | 0.2048 | 0.7042 | -0.0089 | 0.0546 | 0.8702 |
   RHC Only | -0.1159 | 0.1606 | 0.4706 | -0.0315 | 0.0321 | 0.3266 |
   RHC&CHC | 0.4973 | 0.2125 | 0.0193 | 0.0702 | 0.0579 | 0.2255 |
Resources in county: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   MD/DO per 10,000 population | -0.0002 | 0.0062 | 0.9760 | 0.0001 | 0.0018 | 0.9340 |
   Beds per 1,000 population | 0.0106 | 0.0265 | 0.6878 | 0.0122 | 0.0045 | 0.0070 |
   Number of hospitals with Emergency Dept. | 0.0130 | 0.0384 | 0.7355 | 0.0227 | 0.0094 | 0.0154 |
   HMO penetration rate | -0.0088 | 0.0045 | 0.0518 | -0.0014 | 0.0013 | 0.2761 |
   ED visits per 100 | 0.0040 | 0.0028 | 0.1605 | 0.0036 | 0.0005 | < .0001 |
   Non-metropolitan county (v metro) | -0.2756 | 0.1597 | 0.0843 | -0.0549 | 0.0405 | 0.1761 |
Characteristics of county population | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Percent population that is: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
African American | -0.0043 | 0.0048 | 0.3724 | 0.0019 | 0.0011 | 0.0840 |
Hispanic white | -0.0456 | 0.0280 | 0.1036 | -0.0101 | 0.0025 | < .0001 |
Asian | 0.0710 | 0.0418 | 0.0898 | -0.0096 | 0.0161 | 0.5527 |
American Indian/Native American | 0.2141 | 0.0390 | < .0001 | -0.0056 | 0.0045 | 0.2193 |
   Population change, 1990 – 2000, % | -0.0216 | 0.0072 | 0.0025 | -0.0017 | 0.0014 | 0.2269 |
   Percent with less than high school education | 0.0073 | 0.0104 | 0.4787 | 0.0401 | 0.0023 | < .0001 |
   Population per square mile (/100) | 0.0043 | 0.0013 | 0.0011 | -0.0002 | 0.0006 | 0.6908 |
   Percent unemployed (/10) | -0.7131 | 0.2180 | 0.0011 | 0.0884 | 0.0410 | 0.0310 |
   Percent uninsured* | -0.0147 | 0.0139 | 0.2902 | 0.0006 | 0.0052 | 0.9095 |
   Median household income (thousands) | -0.0241 | 0.0139 | 0.0819 | -0.0011 | 0.0013 | 0.4113 |
Death rates (×10,000) for: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   Cardiovascular disease | 0.0031 | 0.0093 | 0.7412 | 0.0124 | 0.0023 | < .0001 |
   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 0.0890 | 0.0444 | 0.0447 | 0.0090 | 0.0090 | 0.3194 |
   Diabetes | -0.1353 | 0.0584 | 0.0206 | 0.0194 | 0.0126 | 0.1226 |
   Liver disease | -0.3647 | 0.1294 | 0.0048 | 0.0620 | 0.0230 | 0.0070 |