A multivariate analysis of CalEnviroScreen: comparing environmental and socioeconomic stressors versus chronic disease

Greenfield, Ben K.; Rajan, Jayant; McKone, Thomas E.

doi:10.1186/s12940-017-0344-z

Environmental Health

Table 1 Correlation matrix of underlying data from CalEnviroScreen 3.0. Data were transformed and analyzed using pairwise Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r). Sample size ranged from 7694 to 8035 census tracts. Boldface indicates |r| ≥ 0.3

From: A multivariate analysis of CalEnviroScreen: comparing environmental and socioeconomic stressors versus chronic disease

	Ozone	PM_2.5	Diesel PM	Traffic density	Drinking water	Pesticide use	Toxic release	Cleanup Sites	Groundwater threats	Hazardous waste sites	Water body impairments	Solid waste sites	Education	Linguistic isolation	Poverty	Unemployment	Housing burden	Asthma	Low birth rate
PM_2.5	0.41
Diesel PM	−0.16	0.41
Traffic density	−0.09	0.23	0.56
Drinking water	0.56	0.35	−0.10	−0.02
Pesticide use	0.08	−0.05	−0.30	−0.30	0.21
Toxic release	0.06	0.56	0.54	0.43	0.09	−0.24
Cleanup sites	−0.12	0.10	0.20	0.14	−0.01	−0.01	0.13
Groundwater threats	−0.33	−0.05	0.10	0.10	−0.12	0.08	0.00	0.44
Hazardous waste sites	−0.13	0.09	0.28	0.23	−0.03	−0.02	0.20	0.49	0.39
Water body impairments	−0.30	−0.23	−0.09	−0.03	−0.17	0.14	−0.13	0.12	0.22	0.13
Solid waste sites	0.03	−0.02	−0.17	−0.04	0.13	0.18	−0.02	0.33	0.29	0.31	0.17
Education	0.06	−0.10	−0.18	−0.08	0.06	0.09	−0.12	−0.08	−0.03	−0.13	−0.12	0.19
Linguistic isolation	−0.02	0.30	0.43	0.28	0.10	−0.07	0.31	0.22	0.13	0.18	−0.09	0.06	0.70
Poverty	0.23	0.22	0.16	0.05	0.18	0.04	0.04	0.19	0.13	0.12	−0.11	0.17	0.82	0.58
Unemployment	0.30	0.16	0.00	−0.05	0.19	0.04	−0.01	0.05	0.02	0.02	−0.08	0.10	0.51	0.24	0.60
Housing burden	0.04	0.15	0.29	0.26	0.06	−0.16	0.17	0.15	0.10	0.14	−0.08	0.08	0.57	0.50	0.72	0.40
Asthma	0.08	0.12	0.20	0.00	−0.04	−0.01	0.05	0.13	0.11	0.10	−0.05	0.08	0.51	0.25	0.53	0.45	0.50
Low birth weight	0.10	0.18	0.19	0.11	0.06	−0.09	0.14	0.08	0.00	0.09	−0.09	0.03	0.33	0.25	0.32	0.27	0.72	0.28
Cardiovascular disease	0.39	0.16	0.02	−0.08	0.18	0.08	0.03	0.03	−0.05	0.01	−0.14	0.08	0.46	0.17	0.43	0.44	0.21	0.71	0.24

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