| Dedicated Local Public Health Tax Levy |  |  | |
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 | With a tax (n = 338) | Without a tax (n = 382) | t-value | Pr > t* |
Demographic/socioeconomic | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mean total population | 53,454 | 65,670 | 0.77 | 0.4389 |
Percent net migration (net migrants/total population) | 1.32 | 0.71 | -1.14 | 0.2531 |
Population aged >65 years (%) | 14.5 | 14.25 | -1.13 | 0.2568 |
Population aged <18 years (%) | 23.94 | 24.34 | 2.21 | 0.0272 |
Non-whites of total population (%) | 9.69 | 22.22 | 9.83 | <.0001 |
Per capita Income ($) | 23,920 | 23,485 | -1.32 | 0.1874 |
Household income ($) | 35,297 | 33,026 | -3.71 | 0.0002 |
Poverty (%) | 16.29 | 17.88 | 3.68 | 0.0002 |
Percent rurality (rural population/total population) § | 63.29 | 66.71 | 1.67 | 0.0951 |
Medicaid eligible (%) | 24.07 | 27.7 | 5.87 | <.0001 |
Physicians (total licensed MD or DO/1,000 total population) | 1.1 | 1.18 | 0.99 | 0.3218 |
Unemployment (%) | 6.37 | 6.53 | 1.37 | 0.1714 |
Uninsured§ (%) | 13.94 | 15.57 | 5.69 | <.0001 |
Total population mortality (per 100,000 population) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age-adjusted mortality | 939.74 | 972.83 | 3.88 | 0.0001 |
Years of potential life lost (before age 75) | 8,828.90 | 9,902.10 | 7.13 | <.0001 |
Major disease mortality (age-adjusted/100,000 population) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Heart disease | 261.14 | 276.98 | 4.21 | <.0001 |
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) | 339.45 | 363.75 | 5.91 | <.0001 |
Cerebrovascular disease (Stroke) | 56.31 | 63.01 | 5.76 | <.0001 |
Chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD) | 52.79 | 51.29 | -1.22 | 0.2222 |
Diabetes | 29.07 | 29.42 | 0.36 | 0.7161 |
Pneumonia/influenza | 25.74 | 27.45 | 2.05 | 0.0410 |
Cancer mortality and incidence (age-adjusted/100,000 population) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
All types of cancer mortality | 218.34 | 214.29 | -1.95 | 0.0518 |
Lung and bronchus cancer mortality | 70.42 | 68.61 | -1.50 | 0.1336 |
All types of cancer incidence | 482.3 | 441.2 | -10.23 | <.0001 |
Lung and bronchus cancer incidence | 88.78 | 80.18 | -6.37 | <.0001 |
Colorectal cancer incidence | 58.46 | 53.4 | -6.14 | <.0001 |
Female breast cancer incidence | 116.34 | 108.04 | -5.28 | <.0001 |
Prostate cancer incidence | 141.84 | 141.04 | -0.28 | 0.7823 |
Trauma/accidents (age-adjusted/100,000 population) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Unintentional injury mortality | 58.93 | 60.43 | 1.07 | 0.2857 |