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Table 5 County count, NCHS classification and variable summaries for each cluster

From: Diet-related chronic disease in the northeastern United States: a model-based clustering approach

 

Cluster Number

 

1

2

3

4

5

No. of counties

38

59

5

16

11

NCHS class.

Small-medium metro.

Non-metro.

Large central metro.

Small–large fringe metro.

Large central and large fringe metro.

Population density

Low

Low

High

Low

Low

Median income

Medium

Low

Low

Medium

High

SES index

Low

Low

High

Low

Low

Low access

High

Medium

Low

Medium

High

Obesity rate

High

High

Low

High

Low

Diabetes rate

High

High

Medium

Medium

Low

  1. Clustering variables described by whether on average the distribution is low, medium or high as compared to the other clusters