Table 3

Descriptive statistics of the environmental and sociodemographic variables

Variable

N

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Std. Deviation


African Am. Rate

357

0.0

1.0

0.4

0.4


Native Am. Rate

357

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0


Asian Rate

357

0.0

0.8

0.0

0.1


Other Race Rate

357

0.0

0.7

0.0

0.1


Hispanic Rate

357

0.0

0.8

0.1

0.1


Age 65 + Rate

357

0.0

0.6

0.2

0.1


Age 5 - Rate

357

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0


Less than H.S. Ed. Rate

357

0.0

0.6

0.2

0.1


Poverty 65+ Rate

357

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0


Poverty Rate (persons)

357

0.0

0.8

0.2

0.2


Total Population

356

14.0

17971.0

4441.2

2936.0


African Am.

356

0.0

12154.0

1774.3

2347.2


Native Am.

356

0.0

110.0

9.3

15.4


Asian

356

0.0

1714.0

120.8

237.5


Other Race

356

0.0

7126.0

161.9

629.6


Hispanic

356

0.0

8798.0

235.7

769.8


Age 65 +

356

0.0

2949.0

677.5

548.0


Age 5 -

356

0.0

872.0

194.7

150.8


Less than H.S. Ed.

356

0.0

4822.0

1026.9

808.2


Poverty 65 +

356

0.0

573.0

106.5

98.6


Poverty

356

0.0

7262.0

880.3

913.3


Population Density sqkm

356

3.59

2908.2

879.3

466.9


Minimum LST

356

286.0

307.6

300.8

3.0


Maximum LST

356

301.9

316.1

308.7

1.8


Range LST

356

2.1

21.1

7.8

2.8


Mean LST

356

297.3

309.4

305.4

2.1


Johnson et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2009 8:57   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-8-57

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