An ecological analysis of food outlet density and prevalence of type II diabetes in South Carolina counties

AlHasan, Dana M.; Eberth, Jan Marie

doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2681-6

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of Counties in South Carolina

From: An ecological analysis of food outlet density and prevalence of type II diabetes in South Carolina counties

County	Density of fast food restaurants	Density of convenience stores	Density of super stores	Density of grocery stores	Diabetes prevalence (%)	Obesity prevalence (%)	Physical inactivity prevalence (%)	Density of recreation facilities	Densities of households with no car and greater than 1 mile from store	Unemployment rate	Education	Non-hispanic black or African American (%)
Abbeville	0.397	0.477	0	0.199	11.4	34.8	28.9	0	6.05	12.4	33.41	28.17
Aiken	0.548	0.573	0.019	0.180	10.1	31.4	24.9	0.06	3.24	9.2	31.57	24.39
Allendale	0.393	0.786	0	0.196	15.4	39.4	33.7	0	4.08	18.4	34.12	73.38
Anderson	0.817	0.690	0.016	0.149	10.6	33.4	28.8	0.06	3.26	10.3	31.91	15.93
Bamberg	0.626	0.626	0	0.313	14.4	41.1	31.6	0.06	3.97	16.2	26.02	61.21
Barnwell	0.537	0.850	0.045	0.179	11.9	38.3	28.9	0.04	6.38	15.2	39.05	44.05
Beaufort	0.656	0.383	0.012	0.200	7.6	22.5	16	0.16	3.05	8.7	24.37	18.90
Berkeley	0.605	0.321	0.016	0.104	12.7	36.3	25.6	0.05	2.56	9.5	31.69	24.75
Calhoun	0.264	0.792	0	0.066	14.9	39.7	28.7	0	8.33	12.3	37.77	42.31
Charleston	0.987	0.461	0.020	0.274	10.4	25.9	21.1	0.11	2.26	8.3	21.30	29.55
Cherokee	0.702	0.774	0.018	0.180	11.5	32.8	32.2	0.07	3.49	14.7	35.15	20.26
Chester	0.456	0.790	0	0.304	12.3	37.2	27.2	0.06	5.18	17.3	38.83	37.26
Chesterfield	0.473	0.558	0.021	0.258	11.9	35.4	30.3	0.04	7.26	12.9	38.65	32.48
Clarendon	0.605	1.037	0.029	0.115	13.5	38.3	28	0.03	5.29	14.5	38.06	49.70
Colleton	0.647	0.932	0.026	0.285	14.2	38.2	30.5	0.05	7.63	14.1	35.39	38.85
Darlington	0.454	0.805	0.015	0.190	13.5	33.8	32	0.09	3.81	12.9	36.89	41.44
Dillon	0.567	0.850	0	0.252	13.2	39.8	35.9	0	7.26	15.8	39.60	45.94
Dorchester	0.539	0.341	0.007	0.121	9.7	30	22.9	0.05	2.36	8.9	29.31	25.53
Edgefield	0.300	0.450	0	0.112	11.6	33.5	26	0.04	4.12	9.9	37.95	36.88
Fairfield	0.297	0.764	0.042	0.085	15.3	40.6	29.7	0	6.26	14.5	39.57	58.91
Florence	0.791	0.696	0.015	0.297	12.6	36.8	27.3	0.06	5.01	11.2	33.28	41.06
Georgetown	0.750	0.617	0.017	0.283	10.9	35.5	26.5	0.08	5.39	13.5	32.31	33.46
Greenville	0.854	0.460	0.017	0.186	9.9	29.3	23.3	0.13	2.32	8.6	26.06	17.86
Greenwood	0.730	0.730	0.014	0.229	9.5	32.5	25.5	0.09	2.50	11.3	29.97	31.19
Hampton	0.768	1.105	0	0.288	15.6	43.5	32	0	7.35	12.9	38.65	53.41
Horry	1.140	0.612	0.033	0.199	9.8	27.6	22	0.10	2.48	11.9	32.08	13.28
Jasper	0.714	0.953	0.040	0.238	12.8	39.3	25.2	0.04	5.33	9.9	40.23	45.62
Kershaw	0.546	0.707	0.016	0.112	10.4	30.7	27.5	0.05	5.08	11.0	34.44	24.40
Lancaster	0.449	0.603	0.026	0.282	12	34.9	26.9	0.05	2.83	13.3	34.12	23.69
Laurens	0.421	0.737	0	0.180	13	38	32	0.05	6.49	11.6	36.02	25.26
Lee	0.422	0.474	0	0.263	13.4	41.5	31	0	8.57	16.2	38.31	64.07
Lexington	0.756	0.532	0.026	0.157	10.1	29.9	24	0.09	2.08	8.0	27.70	14.10
Mccormick	0.399	0.698	0	0.199	14.6	40.1	30.6	0	5.39	13.6	28.56	49.54
Marion	0.457	0.792	0.030	0.304	13.2	39.7	31.7	0.03	5.56	17.7	43.21	55.55
Marlboro	0.421	1.122	0	0.246	11.1	32.8	28.5	0	7.85	19.7	40.53	50.64
Newberry	0.477	0.901	0.027	0.159	12	34.7	26.5	0.05	4.24	10.3	32.04	30.75
Oconee	0.685	0.524	0.013	0.215	11	31.5	22.4	0.03	3.75	10.0	33.48	7.47
Orangeburg	0.751	0.947	0.011	0.239	14.3	41.4	27.8	0.07	5.90	15.8	35.43	61.93
Pickens	0.719	0.594	0.008	0.092	10.3	29.6	22	0.09	3.61	9.8	30.19	6.54
Richland	0.779	0.445	0.015	0.136	11.5	31.9	24.1	0.08	1.86	9.2	22.39	45.40
Saluda	0.251	0.704	0	0.151	11.8	33.2	27.6	0	5.94	9.7	40.59	26.14
Spartanburg	0.694	0.603	0.021	0.143	11.3	29.2	26.6	0.10	3.55	10.9	30.76	20.44
Sumter	0.521	0.661	0.009	0.186	13.8	34.6	29.8	0.06	4.09	12.0	30.60	46.63
Union	0.453	0.837	0	0.174	13.4	36	32.9	0.03	4.45	16.0	37.51	31.15
Williamsburg	0.381	0.763	0	0.235	15.3	43.1	31	0.03	11.57	16.7	40.02	65.44
York	0.711	0.486	0.022	0.174	9.1	27.9	21.6	0.09	2.31	11.0	28.18	18.85
South Carolina	0.59	0.69	0.014	0.19	12.14	34.95	27.59	0.05	4.81	12.56	33.85	35.95

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