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Table 3 Summary statistics of demographic and health characteristics for the five clusters

From: Identification of spatio-temporal clusters of lung cancer cases in Pennsylvania, USA: 2010–2017

 

Cluster 1

Cluster 2

Cluster 3

Cluster 4

Cluster 5

No. of census tracts

326

410

1

38

47

Variable

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median Age

33.4 (7.28)

41.5 (9.3)

33.7 ( -)

41.6 (9.1)

39.1 (6.2)

Percent Male

47.5 (6.3)

48.3 (4.5)

51.4 ( -)

47.9 (2.3)

48.1 (4.8)

Percent African American

45.4 (73.2)

4.7 (16.3)

1.5 ( -)

4.4 (8.9)

14.6 (35.2)

Percent Asian

3.3 (8)

0.5 (2.1)

0.5 ( -)

1.2 (1.9)

1.4 (4.6)

Percent Hispanic

4.8 (6.4)

1.3 (2)

3.2 ( -)

4.5 (8.9)

7.6 (8.4)

Per Capita Income (per 1000 USD)

18.8 (14.5)

26.3 (12.4)

16.5 ( -)

21.7 (6.8)

26.4 (11.0)

Median Household Income (per 1000 USD)

35.0 (27.9)

45.8 (24.7)

32.1 ( -)

38.7 (17.0)

50.6 (21.8)

Percent Poverty

28 (24.8)

14.2 (16.6)

29.3 ( -)

20.6 (14.2)

11.7 (16.3)

Percent High School Graduate or less

54.8 (28.5)

47.3 (21.5)

64.4 ( -)

55 (10.6)

47 (18.9)

Percent High School Graduate or higher

84 (6.1)

92.0 (7.2)

86.7 ( -)

89 (6.5)

89.9 (7.4)

Percent Bachelor’s Degree or higher

17.7 (31.3)

24.4 (22.7)

9.5 ( -)

17.8 (7.0)

22.3 (17.3)

Percent Graduate Degree

5.8 (14.5)

8 (9.9)

3.6 ( -)

6 (4.1)

6.9 (7.6)

Total Population

3745 (2067)

2814 (1998)

3616 ( -)

2500 (1504)

3833 (1836)

Population Density (per sq. mile)

17,785.9 (15,192.9)

3690.4 (5030.7)

4417.3 ( -)

4867.6 (4365.2)

3141.0 (4998.5)

Percent of poor mental health

18.1 (6.7)

14.8 (3.8)

19.3

16.9 (3.1)

15.4 (2.9)

Percent of poor physical health

14.2 (7.5)

13.2 (4.3)

15.4

2.8 (2.8)

12.7 (3.2)

  1. Note that Cluster 3 only has 1 census tract so no IQR can be calculated that is the measurement of difference between the third and the first quartiles