Table 4.

Social Vulnerability Index Components for Census Tracts With and Without Patients

VariableTracts without any patientsTracts with 1+ patientsP-Value for the Mann-Whitney U Test
MedianIQRMedianIQR
Calculated Localized SVI0.4680.5090.5970.4219.30E-06
Persons below 150% poverty23.129.530.224.0754.90E-04
Civilian (age 16+) unemployed5.25.35.955.253.30E-02
Housing cost-burdened occupied housing units with annual income less than $75,00030.719.632.119.5752.50E-02
Persons (age 25+) with no high school13.824.621.0524.7752.10E-05
Uninsured in the total civilian noninstitutionalized population18.520.422.816.5754.60E-05
Persons aged 65 and older9.87.710.057.4256.80E-01
Persons aged 17 and younger2610.527.159.4754.60E-02
Civilian noninstitutionalized population with a disability8.96.29.255.452.30E-01
Single-parent household with children under 187.28.98.47.9251.30E-03
Persons (age 5+) who speak English “less than well6.115.211.3516.4251.00E-05
Minority75.745.586.8528.49.80E-06
Housing in structures with 10 or more units18.943.915.934.8758.60E-01
Mobile homes01.401.69.10E-02
At household level (occupied housing units), more people than rooms4.27.76.058.551.70E-03
Households with no vehicle available3.98.858.5752.40E-02
Persons in group quarters estimate00.100.35.30E-03
  • Note: P-values in green are < 0.05.

  • Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; SVI, social vulnerability index.