Age-Adjusted Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease Mortality and Smoking rates with Uranium Mining Location Density
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Title
Age-Adjusted Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease Mortality and Smoking rates with Uranium Mining Location Density
Subject
An Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) analysis and visual representation of the Age-Adjusted CLRDM mortality rates (1999-2012), smoking rates (1996-2012), and uranium mining density (2001) in the Four Corners Region.
Description
An OLS analysis was conducted to determine a linear regression model for CLRD. Covariates accounted for in this model were race, ethnicity, poverty, smoking, and distance from active uranium mining sites.
Smoking was the only statistically significant covariate (p-value: <.001) in determining CLRD. As expected, this proves that smoking is an important risk factor for Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease mortality rates. Distance from uranium mining sites was not statistically significant in the regression model. However, there is a lack of foundational health data in counties where mining locations are located which are primarily in southeastern UT and central CO. Our team of medical geographers suggest that distance from uranium sites could be statistically significant if more health data was available in those areas.
Smoking was the only statistically significant covariate (p-value: <.001) in determining CLRD. As expected, this proves that smoking is an important risk factor for Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease mortality rates. Distance from uranium mining sites was not statistically significant in the regression model. However, there is a lack of foundational health data in counties where mining locations are located which are primarily in southeastern UT and central CO. Our team of medical geographers suggest that distance from uranium sites could be statistically significant if more health data was available in those areas.
Creator
Spencer O Baker
Source
Arizonastateshapefile.census.gov.2018.
Coloradostateshapefile.census.gov.2018
Newmexicostateshapefilecensus.gov.2018
Utahstateshapefile.census.gov.2018.
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Coloradominelocations.shapefile.usgs.gov.2001
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Smokingratesbycounty.smokedatawithfips.tab.harvardqualitativedatarepostitory.1999-2012
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Utahstateshapefile.census.gov.2018.
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Arizonaminelocations.shapefile.usgs.gov.2001
Coloradominelocations.shapefile.usgs.gov.2001
Newmexicominelocations.shapefile.usgs.gov.2001
Utahminelocations.shapefile.usgs.gov.2001
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Smokingratesbycounty.smokedatawithfips.tab.harvardqualitativedatarepostitory.1999-2012
Publisher
Website maintained by Chantel Sloan, Associate Professor in the Public Health Department at Brigham Young University.
Date
1996-2012.
Contributor
Spencer O Baker
Rights
Data is published with permission from ArcGIS Pro, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States Geological Survey, and Harvard Qualitative Data Repository.
Format
PDF.
Type
Map. PDF.
Identifier
Uranium mines. Smoking.
Coverage
County Level - Four Corners Region - USA.
Files
Collection
Reference
Spencer O Baker, Age-Adjusted Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease Mortality and Smoking rates with Uranium Mining Location Density, Website maintained by Chantel Sloan, Associate Professor in the Public Health Department at Brigham Young University.
, 1996-2012.
, 1996-2012.