Table 1: Showing Pearson's Correlation Coefficients of and Coefficient of Determination between HIV diagnosis rates and African American community sex ratios by US Regions.
|
|
Region |
Sample Size |
Pearson Correlation Coefficient (r) |
Coefficient of determination (r2) (%) |
p-value |
Critical values |r| ≥ 2/√n |
|
Correlation of HIV diagnosis rates with sex ratio |
All States & DC |
51 |
-0.35 |
12.5 |
< 0.01 |
0.28 |
|
All States |
50 |
-0.61 |
37.21 |
< 0.0001 |
0.28 |
|
|
Northeast |
9 |
-0.49 |
24.01 |
0.5 |
0.63 |
|
|
Midwest |
12 |
-0.71 |
50.41 |
0.01 |
0.55 |
|
|
West |
13 |
-0.84 |
70.56 |
0.0003 |
0.58 |
|
|
South |
16 |
-0.59 |
34.81 |
0.02 |
0.52 |
All significantly p-values for the relationship between sex ratio and state level HIV diagnosis rates are in bold text.