Table 3

Regression analysis of age adjusted mortality in US counties, 1990

Predictor 1 2 3
Median income−0.363-150 −0.173-150 −0.163-150
Physicians per 1000 (logged)0.223-150 0.073-150 0.043-150
Hospital beds per 100 000−0.073-150 −0.053-150
Health expenditures (logged)0.030.043-150
Ethnic dualisation0.543-150 0.543-150
r 2 0.110.360.36

  • All numbers are standardised regression.

  • ↵3-150 = Coefficients significant at the 0.05 level or better. Age standardised morality, deaths per 100 000, averaged over three years (1989–91), and standardised on the base of the national age structure.