Table 6

Total and low income populations living in the eight types of CTs identified according to social deprivation and accessibility to supermarkets

Total population

Low income population

Class

Level of social deprivation

Level of accessibility to supermarkets

N

%

N

% ▼

% ▶

A

Very low

Very low

65312

3.61

5405

1.05

8.46

B

Very low

Very low

6032

0.33

845

0.16

15.53

C

Very low

Very low

390386

21.58

58705

11.43

15.32

D

Low

High

386785

21.38

94090

18.31

24.83

E

Low

Very High

84029

4.65

26290

5.12

32.11

F

Low

Low

283997

15.70

76270

14.85

27.62

G

High

Very High

281576

15.57

110925

21.59

40.03

H (food deserts)

High

Low

310754

17.18

141235

27.49

46.46

Total

1808871

100.00

513765

100.00

29.01

Apparicio et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2007 6:4   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-6-4