Table 4

Aggregated pattern of voting, health and safety indicators, selected deprivation indicators and lifestyle variables across 22 county areas

		Voting patterns						Health status indicators				Deprivation indicators					Lifestyle variables
		1 Fianna Fail	2 Fianna Gael	3 Labour/Dem left	4 Progr Demo	5 Other	6 Absta	7 Stand. mortalit ratio	8 Fair or poor health	9 Poor/V poor QoL	10 dissatisfied with health	11 % Unemployed	12 None/primary education	13 Home owners	14 GMS medical card holders	15 GMS <55 yrs	16 Smokers	17 Fruit/ veg 4 or >4 /day	18 Male >21 units/ week	19 Female >14 units/ week	20 SLAN non response rate
Denotes significance at 5% level; *denotes significance at 1% level.
1	Fianna Fail
	FP Pearson correlation	1.000
	p
2	Fianna Gael
	FP Pearson correlation	0.312	1.000
	p	0.157
3	Labour/Democratic Left
	FP Pearson correlation	−0.534*	−0.457*	1.000
	p	0.011	0.032
4	Progressive Democrats
	FP Pearson correlation	0.185	−0.170	0.011	1.000
	p	0.410	0.450	0.960
5	Others
	FP Pearson correlation	−0.504*	−0.630**	−0.062	−0.336	1.000
	p	0.017	0.002	0.785	0.127
6	Abstainers
	FP Pearson correlation	−0.055	−0.044	0.248	0.468*	−0.289	1.000
	p	0.808	0.846	0.266	0.028	0.193
7	Standard mortality ratio
	Pearson correlation	−0.111	−0.117	0.446*	−0.159	−0.116	−0.082	1.000
	p	0.622	0.603	0.037	0.480	0.607	0.717
8	Fair or poor health
	Pearson correlation	0.040	0.300	−0.396	0.022	0.017	−0.095	0.051	1.000
	p	0.860	0.175	0.068	0.922	0.939	0.673	0.822
9	Poor/v poor QoL
	Pearson correlation	−0.238	0.328	−0.190	−0.124	0.057	0.001	−0.028	0.487*	1.000
	p	0.287	0.137	0.397	0.583	0.803	0.996	0.901	0.022
10	Dissatisfied/v diss with health
	Pearson correlation	−0.578**	−0.256	0.467*	0.307	0.091	0.361	−0.051	−0.106	0.347	1.000
	p	0.005	0.250	0.028	0.164	0.686	0.099	0.822	0.637	0.113
11	Unemployed
	Pearson correlation	0.091	−0.005	0.073	−0.038	−0.089	0.065	0.283	0.160	0.097	0.155	1.000
	p	0.686	0.983	0.746	0.866	0.693	0.774	0.202	0.476	0.667	0.492
12	None/primary education
	Pearson correlation	−0.018	0.113	−0.166	−0.235	0.125	−0.232	0.318	0.648**	0.300	−0.215	0.454*	1.000
	p	0.938	0.616	0.461	0.293	0.580	0.298	0.149	0.001	0.175	0.337	0.034
13	Home owners
	Pearson correlation	0.429*	0.311	−0.192	0.112	−0.419	−0.002	−0.189	−0.137	−0.515*	−0.424*	−0.261	−0.170	1.000
	p	0.046	0.158	0.392	0.619	0.052	0.993	0.401	0.542	0.014	0.049	0.241	0.449
14	GMS medical card holder
	Pearson correlation	0.141	−0.007	−0.505*	−0.222	0.391	−0.354	−0.022	0.556**	0.197	−0.365	0.428*	0.696**	−0.168	1.000
	p	0.530	0.976	0.017	0.321	0.072	0.106	0.924	0.007	0.380	0.095	0.047	0.000	−0.456
15	GMS <55 yrs
	Pearson correlation	0.041	−0.075	−0.375	−0.337	0.455*	−0.309	0.071	0.439*	0.265	−0.313	0.472*	0.595**	−0.388	0.915**	1.000
	p	0.856	0.739	0.085	0.125	0.033	0.162	0.753	0.041	0.234	0.156	0.027	0.003	0.074	0.000
16	Smokers
	Pearson correlation	−0.129	−0.110	0.470*	0.249	−0.280	0.526*	0.278	−0.393	−0.150	0.459*	0.369	−0.387	−0.222	−0.521*	−0.335	1.000
	p	0.568	0.627	0.027	0.263	0.207	0.012	0.210	0.070	0.504	0.032	0.091	0.075	0.320	0.013	0.127
17	Fruit/veg 4 or more/day
	Pearson correlation	−0.162	0.099	−0.183	0.020	0.139	0.011	−0.513*	−0.272	−0.033	0.056	−0.672**	−0.595**	0.042	−0.312	−0.293	−0.118	1.000
	p	0.472	0.661	0.414	0.928	0.537	0.960	0.015	0.221	0.884	0.804	0.001	0.003	0.854	0.157	0.185	0.600
18	Male >21 units per week
	Pearson correlation	−0.098	0.198	0.020	−0.050	−0.101	0.252	−0.293	−0.117	0.287	0.233	−0.444*	−0.461*	0.024	−0.459*	−0.363	0.150	0.405	1.000
	p	0.664	0.376	0.931	0.823	0.655	0.259	0.185	0.603	0.196	0.296	0.038	0.031	0.917	0.032	0.096	0.506	0.061
19	Female >14 units per week
	Pearson correlation	−0.043	−0.235	0.236	−0.071	0.081	0.107	0.294	−0.020	0.219	0.044	0.139	0.154	−0.315	0.080	0.273	0.153	−0.387	0.266	1.000
	P	0.848	0.293	0.290	0.754	0.719	0.634	0.184	0.930	0.327	0.845	0.539	0.493	0.154	0.723	0.219	0.496	0.075	0.231
20	SLAN non-response rate
	Pearson correlation	−0.351	0.145	0.269	−0.020	−0.116	0.204	−0.068	−0.151	0.094	0.252	−0.240	−0.239	−0.092	−0.355	−0.277	0.107	0.128	0.470*	0.021	1.000
	p	0.119	0.529	0.238	0.931	0.617	3.74	0.770	0.512	0.685	0.271	−0.295	0.298	0.690	0.115	0.224	0.644	0.582	0.031		0.928