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Table 1 Population Characteristics*

From: Hazardous waste sites and stroke in New York State

 

Person-years (%)

 

"POPs" zip codes

"Other waste" zip codes

"Clean" zip codes

Total† (16,880,516)

5,815,148 (34.5)

4,340,180 (25.7)

6,725,188 (39.8)

Average Income‡

$37,971.09

$36,547.13

$36,231.88

Age groups

   25–34

1,703,276 (29.3)

1,261,376 (29.1)

1,889,316 (28.1)

   35–44

1,774,672 (30.5)

1,323,224 (30.5)

2,070,400 (30.8)

   45–54

1,335,396 (23.0)

1,022,544 (23.6)

1,625,412 (24.2)

   55–64

1,001,804 (17.2)

733,036 (16.9)

1,140,060 (16.9)

Gender

   Male

2,858,752 (49.2)

2,142,968 (49.4)

3,371,492 (50.1)

   Female

2,956,396 (50.8)

2,197,212 (50.6)

3,353,696 (49.9)

Race

   White

5,361,748 (92.2)

3,934,472 (90.7)

6,425,104 (95.5)

   African American

453,400 (7.8)

405,708 (9.3)

300,084 (4.5)

  1. * This and all subsequent tables represent data for 1993–2000
  2. † Total population is the total person-years from 1993 through 2000, which is the sum of the population in each category of zip codes each year for eight years.
  3. ‡ Average income was calculated as the sum of the median household income for each zip code divided by the number of zip codes in each category.
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