Table 1 Summary Statistics of the Variables Used
From: Grocery food taxes and U.S. county obesity and diabetes rates
| Â | Unit | Mean | S.D. | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health Outcomes | |||||
 Obesity rate (age-adjusted diagnosed) | % | 30.419 | 4.84 | 10.7 | 47.6 |
 Diabetes rate (age-adjusted diagnosed) | % | 9.305 | 2.122 | 3.4 | 19.4 |
Tax Variables | |||||
 Total grocery sales tax rate | % | 1.142 | 2.084 | 0.000 | 9.000 |
 Total restaurant sales tax rate | % | 6.036 | 1.686 | 0.000 | 9.933 |
 (1 + Grocery Tax)/(1 + Restaurant Tax) |  | 0.340 | 0.328 | 0.093 | 1.000 |
Socioeconomic Variables | |||||
 Grocery stores per capital | 1/1000 | 0.221 | 0.14 | 0.017 | 1.701 |
 Fast-food restaurants per capital | 1/1000 | 0.616 | 0.198 | 0.044 | 1.964 |
 Full-service restaurants per capital | 1/1000 | 0.781 | 0.414 | 0.042 | 3.995 |
 Cost per meal | $ | 2.775 | 0.306 | 1.956 | 5.113 |
 White |  | 0.857 | 0.145 | 0.093 | 0.991 |
 Black |  | 0.087 | 0.133 | 0.000 | 0.85 |
 Female |  | 0.502 | 0.016 | 0.366 | 0.553 |
 Hispanic |  | 0.085 | 0.12 | 0.004 | 0.957 |
 Income per capita | 1000$ | 39.014 | 10.899 | 18.768 | 199.241 |
 Employees’ share of total population |  | 0.527 | 0.144 | 0.219 | 3.213 |
 Share of bachelor’s degree or higher of the 25-year- and-over population | % | 21.983 | 9.291 | 5.967 | 72.867 |
 Smoking rate | % | 20.599 | 5.096 | 3.167 | 42.160 |
 Drinking rate | % | 15.331 | 4.947 | 1.6 | 35.933 |
 Drug arrest rate |  | 0.005 | 0.04 | 0.000 | 1.893 |
 DUI |  | 0.006 | 0.034 | 0.000 | 1.886 |
 Counties: 1858; Obs.: 9779 |  |  |  |  |  |