Mass incarceration and public health: the association between black jail incarceration and adverse birth outcomes among black women in Louisiana

Table 2 Characteristics of Louisiana Parishes of Residence, 2014 (n = 63)

	Mean (IQR)
Black jail incarceration per 1000 residents	16.57 (21.27)
Absolute difference in white/black median household income (2014 inflation-adjusted US dollars)	28,009.69 (6600.34)
Gini index	.49 (.04)
Black educational attainment^a	15 (.5)

^a Percent of the non-Hispanic black population age 25 and older with a bachelor’s or higher degree

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