Table 1 Characteristics of U.S. counties, 1993–1999
From: Homicide and geographic access to gun dealers in the United States
Mean | Standard deviation | Minimum | Maximum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Homicide rate (per 100,000) | 4.63 | 7.87 | 0.00 | 187.27 |
Gun | 3.25 | 6.53 | 0.00 | 187.27 |
Non-gun | 1.38 | 3.54 | 0.00 | 97.75 |
Federal firearms licensees (FFL) (per 1,000) | 1.15 | 1.10 | 0.001 | 30.93 |
% of population age 15–29 years | 0.31 | 0.36 | 0.09 | 0.81 |
% male | 49.32 | 1.95 | 43.86 | 82.20 |
% African American | 9.20 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 86.76 |
% Native American | 1.18 | 7.42 | 0.00 | 97.69 |
% Hispanic | 5.21 | 11.81 | 0.00 | 99.41 |
% married | 44.96 | 5.04 | 18.50 | 58.60 |
% living alone | 24.67 | 3.83 | 7.91 | 77.51 |
% of female headed households | 10.17 | 3.98 | 0.78 | 36.07 |
% of persons below poverty level | 15.22 | 6.58 | 0.00 | 55.27 |
% of adult population college educated | 24.23 | 7.06 | 8.41 | 64.36 |
% of arrests that were drug related | 7.29 | 4.96 | 0.00 | 100.00 |
Average per capita income (%) | 19347 | 4985 | 1185 | 75702 |
Unemployment rate | 5.87 | 3.04 | 0.00 | 37.90 |
Hospital beds per 1,000 population | 2.85 | 3.98 | 0.00 | 7.41 |
Urbanization (11-code mRUC) | 8.00 | 2.74 | 1 | 11 |
Urbanization (collapsed mRUC) | 3.67 | 0.61 | 1 | 4 |
Leniency of state gun laws | 75.71 | 17.21 | 3 | 100 |