Table 4

Study variables for neighborhoods (0.25-km2 grid cells) for men and women aged 15 to <45 years.

Men (n = 243 neighborhoods)
 Women (n = 236 neighborhoods)

Neighborhood variable
 Mean
 SD
 Minimum
 Maximum
 Mean
 SD
 Minimum
 Maximum
Per capita monthly income
 288.29
 254.79
 24.16
 2182
 290.54
 256.50
 24.16
 2182
Population density/km2
 2,694
 8,092
 16
 114,067
 2,767
 8,200
 28
 114,067
Hospital/health facility distance (km)
 1.28
 1.16
 0.04
 5.43
 1.26
 1.14
 0.04
 5.43
Distance from river (km)
 1.00
 1.03
 0.00
 4.83
 0.98
 1.00
 0.00
 4.48
Per capita health care* expenditure in last month of 2001 census†
 15.33
 54.81
 0
 810
 15.74
 55.57
 0
 810

NOTE. SD, standard deviation. Income and expenditures are in renminbi (1 USD = 7.75 RMB).

* Outpatient visits, physician fees, hospital costs, medicines, and lab tests.

†The last month data was collected during census 1 (late 2001).

Ali et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2007 6:31   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-6-31

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