From: Construction of an environmental quality index for public health research
Constructs indented | Metropolitan - urbanized | Non-metro urbanized | Less-urbanized | Thinly populated | Overall |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | (RUCC1 = 1089) | (RUCC2 = 323) | (RUCC 3 = 1059) | (RUCC4 = 670) | (n = 3141) |
Air Domain | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Criteria air pollutants |  |  |  |  |  |
Nitrogen Dioxide | 0.0613 | 0.1091 | 0.1014 | 0.0911 | 0.0848 |
PM10 | 0.0845 | 0.0677 | 0.0627 | 0.0937 | 0.0897 |
PM2.5 | 0.0701 | 0.1513 | 0.1281 | 0.1354 | 0.1036 |
  Hazardous air pollutants |  |  |  |  |  |
Carbon disulfide | 0.1169 | 0.1140 | 0.1172 | 0.1261 | 0.1242 |
Carbon tetrachloride | 0.0259 | 0.0281 | 0.0186 | −0.0028 | 0.018 |
Cyanide compounds | 0.1655 | 0.1674 | 0.1680 | 0.1497 | 0.1477 |
Diesel engine emissions | 0.1545 | 0.1441 | 0.1431 | 0.1163 | 0.1321 |
Dimethyl sulfate | 0.0472 | 0.1201 | 0.1024 | 0.1072 | 0.0942 |
Lead compounds | 0.1366 | 0.0778 | 0.069 | 0.0581 | 0.1045 |
PAH/POM | 0.1143 | 0.0822 | 0.1172 | 0.1192 | 0.1199 |
Polychlorinated biphenyls | 0.0284 | 0.1300 | 0.0954 | 0.0779 | 0.0729 |
Vinyl chloride | 0.1489 | 0.0997 | 0.1008 | 0.097 | 0.1257 |