Figure 2
The minimum, 25thpercentile, median, 75thpercentile, and maximum of summary inequality in total morbidity and overall inequality in each of the four health outcomes across 93 counties. Data sources: A pooled 2008, 2009, and 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Area Risk Trends (SMART) and a pooled 2008, 2009, and 2010 United States Birth Records from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS). Overall inequality in each of the four health outcomes is the average of these three attribute-specific (i.e., education-, sex, or race-specific) inequalities for each health outcome. Summary inequality in total morbidity is the weighted average of the overall inequalities across the four health outcomes: 20% each for poor or fair health, poor physical health days, poor mental health days, and 40% for low birthweight.