Funding for this research was provided by:
University of South Carolina Office of the Vice President for Research (11540-19-50627)
University of South Carolina
Article History
Received: 29 May 2024
Revised: 14 March 2025
Accepted: 7 April 2025
First Online: 17 April 2025
Declarations
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: Because this study utilizes pre-existing publicly available county-level data without any personally identifiable information, institutional review board (IRB) approval was not obtained.
: The authors declare no competing interests.