Skip to main content

Table 2 8-year AMI and BKC rates per 1,000 person-year and socio-economic characteristics. Pearson correlation coefficients and descriptive statistics for 1,155 Canadian forward sortation areas

From: The intersection of health and wealth: association between personal bankruptcy and myocardial infarction rates in Canada

Variables/Controlling factors

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1. AMI rate

1

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

2. BKC rate

.47**

1

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

3. Median household income

āˆ’.52**

āˆ’.51**

1

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

4. Employment ratea

āˆ’.63**

āˆ’.34**

.63**

1

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

5. Unemployment rateb

.39**

.32**

āˆ’.47**

āˆ’.77**

1

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

6. 65Ā years and overc

.67**

.15**

āˆ’.48**

āˆ’.64**

.17**

1

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

7. Universityd

āˆ’.56**

āˆ’.40**

.38**

.31**

āˆ’.30**

āˆ’.20**

1

Ā Ā Ā 

8. No high schoole

.52**

.32**

āˆ’.53**

āˆ’.54**

.58**

.22**

āˆ’.79**

1

Ā Ā 

9. Home ownershipf

.04

āˆ’.31**

.52**

.15**

āˆ’.08*

āˆ’.08*

āˆ’.26**

.03

1

Ā 

10. Single parentg

.29**

.54**

āˆ’.70**

āˆ’.42**

.32**

.27**

āˆ’.14**

.26**

āˆ’.70**

1

Mean

2.27

3.23

$59,591

62.4Ā %

7.1Ā %

18.0Ā %

22.1Ā %

24.0Ā %

74.0Ā %

25.6Ā %

STD

.94

1.55

$18,945

8.7Ā %

4.6Ā %

5.9Ā %

12.7Ā %

9.3Ā %

17.0Ā %

8.8Ā %

  1. *Pā€‰<ā€‰.01, **Pā€‰<ā€‰.001
  2. aRatio of individuals 15Ā years and older who are employed to the population 15Ā years and older
  3. bRatio of individuals 15Ā years and older who are unemployed to the population 15Ā years and older
  4. cRatio of individuals 65Ā years and older to the population 20Ā years and older
  5. dRatio of individuals 15Ā years and older with university certificate, diploma or degree to the population 15Ā years and older
  6. eRatio of individuals 15Ā years and older with no high school diploma to the population 15Ā years and older
  7. fRatio of owned dwellings to the number of occupied private dwellings
  8. gRatio of single-parent families to the total number of families with children