Research Article
County Smoke-Free Laws and Asthma Discharges: Evidence from 17 US States
Table 2
Factors associated with asthma discharge rates per 10,000.
| Variable | Pearson’s ρ | value |
| Cigarette tax | .09 | <.001 | Smoking prevalence | .05 | <.001 | Asthma prevalence | .07 | <.001 | Percent in poverty | .19 | <.001 | Percent uninsured | −.08 | <.001 | PCP per 10,000 | .16 | <.001 | Percent nonwhite | .26 | <.001 |
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