Table 2 Comparison of All Variable Means Between No, Low, and High Damage Counties (n = 183)

Monthly CVD Mortality Rate*

2.50

2.50

2.46

Social Capital Index^†

0.18

−1.13 ˡ

0.17

Family Unity^†

0.54

−0.01 ˡ

0.16 ˡ

 Rate of Single Parent Households

33.38

33.92

34.80 ˡ

 Rate of Unmarried Births

38.61

43.77 ˡ

39.31

 Rate of Married Women

60.54

58.98 ˡ

58.80 ˡ

Informal Civil Society^†

0.35

−1.37 ˡ

0.38

 Rate of Nonprofits*

2.53

2.35

2.80 ˡ

 Rate of Religious Orgs*

7.63

4.65 ˡ

6.79 ˡ

Institutional Confidence^†

−0.36

−0.08 ˡ

−0.47

 Percent 2010 Census Response

0.76

0.75 ˡ

0.75 ˡ

 Percent Voting in 2012

0.59

0.58 ˡ

0.62 ˡ

 Percent Voting in 2016

0.56

0.54 ˡ

0.58 ˡ

Collective Efficacy ^†

0.18

0.52 ˡ

0.47 ˡ

 Violent Crime Rate

165.02

85.00 ˡ

97.96 ˡ

Percent Age 65+

16.40

18.50 ˡ

16.98 ˡ

Percent Black

19.67

19.27

22.31 ˡ

Percent Hispanic

9.46

20.90 ˡ

8.35 ˡ

Percent with Bachelor’s Degree

27.31

27.57

31.16 ˡ

Log Mean Income

10.81

10.88 ˡ

10.86 ˡ