Covariate effects on YPLL 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 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…

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…

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,…

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…