Table 1 County-level demographic, socioeconomic, health status, healthcare access, and other factors in each county-level risk group in the United States (N=2701 counties)
| Â | Diverse Urban counties with greater social assets | Rural Counties with social and medical vulnerabilities | Older Rural counties with greater social assets | Urban Counties with social vulnerabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n=461 | n=947 | n=712 | n=581 | |
Demographics | ||||
 Population density | 756.84 (2243.99) | 92.35 (447.56) | 29.20 (25.03) | 378.82 (897.47) |
 Proportion male | 0.50 (0.01) | 0.50 (0.03) | 0.51 (0.02) | 0.50 (0.02) |
 Proportion non-Hispanic White | 0.76 (0.16) | 0.69 (0.23) | 0.85 (0.14) | 0.76 (0.17) |
 Proportion non-Hispanic Black | 0.06 (0.07) | 0.17 (0.19) | 0.02 (0.03) | 0.11 (0.11) |
 Proportion Hispanic | 0.11 (0.10) | 0.09 (0.16) | 0.09 (0.13) | 0.09 (0.12) |
 Proportion 60+ years old | 0.23 (0.05) | 0.26 (0.04) | 0.29 (0.06) | 0.24 (0.04) |
 Proportion 80+ years old | 0.04 (0.01) | 0.04 (0.01) | 0.05 (0.01) | 0.04 (0.01) |
Rural-Urban Continuum Code (%) | ||||
 1 | 212 (46.0) | 36 ( 3.8) | 8 ( 1.1) | 155 (26.7) |
 2 | 100 (21.7) | 86 ( 9.1) | 28 ( 3.9) | 152 (26.2) |
 3 | 74 (16.1) | 82 ( 8.7) | 52 ( 7.3) | 122 (21.0) |
 4 | 31 ( 6.7) | 72 ( 7.6) | 33 ( 4.6) | 77 (13.3) |
 5 | 14 ( 3.0) | 35 ( 3.7) | 28 ( 3.9) | 12 ( 2.1) |
 6 | 10 ( 2.2) | 301 (31.8) | 210 (29.5) | 57 ( 9.8) |
 7 | 15 ( 3.3) | 158 (16.7) | 225 (31.6) | 5 ( 0.9) |
 8 | 2 ( 0.4) | 83 ( 8.8) | 56 ( 7.9) | 1 ( 0.2) |
 9 | 3 ( 0.7) | 94 ( 9.9) | 72 (10.1) | 0 ( 0.0) |
Socioeconomic Status | ||||
 High school graduation rate | 88.70 (6.25) | 87.97 (7.51) | 89.14 (6.99) | 88.70 (5.34) |
 Percent some college education | 71.09 (7.23) | 48.48 (8.24) | 59.89 (9.31) | 59.30 (7.61) |
 Percent unemployed | 3.31 (0.74) | 4.96 (1.44) | 3.80 (1.44) | 4.04 (0.91) |
 Percent children in poverty | 11.27 (4.08) | 29.85 (7.02) | 17.47 (4.90) | 19.16 (4.30) |
 Income ratio (80th to 20th percentile) | 4.28 (0.66) | 4.99 (0.78) | 4.15 (0.43) | 4.45 (0.59) |
 Percent households with overcrowding | 2.22 (1.58) | 2.75 (1.96) | 2.02 (1.54) | 2.22 (1.48) |
 Median income | 71557.97 (14989.20) | 40188.09 (6170.90) | 52465.77 (6985.36) | 53390.72 (6798.91) |
Health Status | ||||
 Years of potential life lost rate | 5755.71 (1127.19) | 10767.91 (2061.60) | 7410.08 (1550.12) | 8334.47 (1203.43) |
 Percent reporting fair/poor health | 13.56 (2.12) | 22.78 (3.62) | 15.11 (2.44) | 17.86 (2.08) |
 Average physically unhealthy days/month | 3.36 (0.37) | 4.70 (0.52) | 3.61 (0.43) | 4.03 (0.33) |
 Percent smoking | 14.04 (2.12) | 20.67 (2.99) | 15.70 (1.81) | 17.93 (2.01) |
 Percent obesity | 27.92 (4.90) | 35.94 (5.03) | 32.06 (4.37) | 33.85 (3.93) |
 Percent physically inactive | 20.61 (3.88) | 31.86 (4.86) | 25.80 (4.02) | 27.72 (3.68) |
 Cardiovascular disease mortality rate | 339.42 (54.33) | 516.66 (91.38) | 397.78 (66.65) | 432.29 (57.85) |
 Cancer mortality rate | 157.83 (20.17) | 202.21 (31.76) | 177.72 (26.85) | 185.79 (18.50) |
Healthcare Access | ||||
 Percent uninsured | 8.15 (3.63) | 13.20 (4.77) | 10.36 (5.11) | 10.72 (4.33) |
 Primary care physician rate | 79.86 (41.33) | 41.38 (23.25) | 56.43 (28.58) | 54.56 (28.65) |
 Preventable hospitalization rate | 3912.93 (1238.16) | 5983.81 (1953.21) | 4081.10 (1573.13) | 4991.30 (1028.37) |
 Percent vaccinated | 50.18 (5.64) | 38.93 (7.77) | 40.28 (10.21) | 46.88 (5.49) |
 Hospital beds per 100,000 persons | 229.62 (290.35) | 281.63 (385.68) | 306.94 (455.30) | 264.30 (275.85) |
Environmental and other | ||||
 Social association rate | 9.81 (3.78) | 10.73 (4.17) | 14.07 (5.72) | 10.96 (3.55) |
 Average daily PM2.5 | 8.98 (1.95) | 9.73 (1.33) | 8.06 (1.81) | 10.42 (1.35) |