Table 2

Detroit urban classes with WNV human case rates from 2002

Urban Class
Brief Description
Detroit with National Land Cover Data





% of tracts
N WNV
Population
WNV per 100 K

1
City, Low Income
27.3%
97 (19.7%)
967,645
10.02
2
Inner suburbs I – 60s Suburbs
19.7%
124 (25.2%)
806,614
15.37
3
Inner Suburb II – 40s-50s
23.7%
187 (37.9%)
821,700
22.76
4
Outer suburbs I
11.2%
30 (6.1%)
506,780
5.92
5
Outer suburbs II
18.0%
55 (11.2%)
650,756
8.45

OVERALL
100
493 (100.0%)
3,753,495
13.13

Ruiz et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2007 6:10   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-6-10