Number of physicians per 100,000 residents

116.84

Residency = 0/1, =1 if county had a hospital with a residency training program in 2000

.10

Percent of population unemployed

5.33

Births = number of births per 100,000 residents

1305.80

Rural, measures degree of "ruralness" of county on scale (0 = least rural, 9 = most rural)

5.43

High HMO penetration (above 30 percent) (1=yes, 0=no)

21.7

Temperate climate (average temp>70 degrees) (1=yes, 0=no)

.04

State law capping damage awards in malpractice cases (1=yes, 0=no)

.37