Covariate effects on YPLL in the Four Corners Region

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Title

Covariate effects on YPLL in the Four Corners Region

Subject

Explores the effect different variables has on Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) in the Four Corners Region

Creator

David Gunther

Publisher

Website maintained by Chantel Sloan, Associate Professor in the Public Health Department at Brigham Young University.

Contributor

David Gunther

Language

English

Coverage

Data taken from 2013 - 2017; spatial coverage of the four corners region.

Collection Items

EPA Radon Zone Classification by U.S. County in the Four Corners Region
Radon is a colorless, odorless, invisible gas that is naturally created from the breakdown of uranium, radium and thorium in rocks, soil and groundwater. "Radon is the second biggest contributing cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking" (WebMD)…

Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) by U.S. County in the Four Corners Region [2016]
Years of Potential Life Lost is a metric that measures the difference between a predetermined age of life expectancy (typically age 75) and the age at death for a death that occurred prior to that end point age. YPLL emphasizes deaths of younger…

Five-Year Age-Adjusted Lung Cancer Mortality Rate by<br /><br />
U.S. County in the Four Corners Region (2013 - 2017)
Respiratory related deaths and Neoplasms were found to be a significant predictor of Years of Potential Life Lost when cause-of-death covariates was analyzed using OLS Regression with a 2nd-order Queen Neighbor spatial lag. The American Cancer…

Regression Analysis of the Percentage of Respiratory-related Deaths using Respiratory Covariates and OLS
This map presents a subsequent analysis of the "% of Deaths due to Respiratory Diseases" Covariate and seeks to identify what factors, if any, can serve as significant predictors of the % of deaths linked to respiratory disease. Prior to analysis,…

Regression of Years of Potential Life Lost using Computed Mortality-type Percentages and OLS with a Spatial Lag Model
In order to better understand what covariates impact YPLL the most in the Four Corners region, a 5-year age-adjusted summary of deaths for all counties in the Four Corners Region was downloaded from the CDC's WONDER database. The top 5 causes of…
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