| Â | Facilitiesa | Personnela | Affluenceb | Disadvantagec | Immigrationd | Percent Blacke |
|---|
Low
| 49.35 | 48.07 | 42.57 | 61.04 | 53.05 | 35.52 |
High
| 50.65 | 51.93 | 57.43 | 38.96 | 46.97 | 64.48 |
- aPersonnel and Facilities, two measures of health care access were defined using principal components analysis on the count per 10,000 population of several variables by county: hospitals, mammography facilities, MDs, DOs and nurse practitioners
- bConcentrated affluence was based on PCA of county level proportion of individuals making over $100,000, proportion over 25 years with a college degree and the proportion of white collar workers
- cConcentrated disadvantage was based on PCA of county level proportion of persons in poverty, proportion of families with a female-headed household, proportion of households that are food stamp recipients, and proportion of unemployed
- dConcentrated immigration was based on PCA of the proportion of foreign born individuals and the proportion of non-English speaking individuals
- ePercent black was categorized as low if less than 6% and high if 6% or more
