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. 2025 Apr 29;13:1486497. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1486497

Table 2.

Distribution of noise exposure levels monitoring posts among the industry in different stratification - Beijing, 2023.

Stratification variables Number of samples, n Noise exposure level LEx,8h/LEx,40h* [dB(A)]
M (Q1, Q3) Min, Max The proportion of noise exposure levels ≥85 dB(A) (n, %)
Districts
District A 3 72.3 (70.0, 72.4) 70.0, 72.4 0 (0)
District B 9 74.2 (70.0, 77.5) 70.0, 79.9 0 (0)
District C 42 81.2 (78.6, 84.5) 71.1, 91.9 6 (14.29)
District D 22 80.2 (76.3, 81.3) 71.7, 103.9 2 (9.09)
District E 10 74.5 (70.3, 77.4) 70.3, 88.3 1 (10.00)
District F 15 78.6 (76.2, 86.4) 70.7, 90.7 4 (26.67)
District G 10 73.6 (71.0, 80.5) 70.3, 84.6 0 (0)
District H 198 80.7 (77.2, 83.5) 70.0, 97.8 35 (17.68)
District I 193 80.1 (76.8, 84.2) 70.0, 101.7 46 (23.83)
District J 367 82.5 (78.0, 85.9) 70.0, 105.1 117 (31.88)
District K 253 82.3 (78.9, 87.7) 70.4, 100.8 86 (33.99)
District L 175 81.1 (77.5, 84.1) 70.0, 101.1 33 (18.86)
District M 182 81.2 (78.3, 83.0) 70.70 89.6 2 (1.10)
District N 99 80.2 (74.8, 83.3) 70.0, 94.9 16 (16.16)
District O 83 81.8 (79.7, 84.7) 72.1, 100.7 19 (22.89)
District P 29 79.4 (76.2, 81.9) 71.0, 88.8 3 (10.34)
Statistic H = 98.1407, p < 0.0001 P < 0.0001
Industries
Electricity and heat production and supply industry 20 82.9 (79.3, 84.8) 77.1, 87.1 4 (20.00)
Manufacturing of other nonmetallic mineral products 134 80.7 (77.2, 83.8) 70.4, 100.6 26 (19.40)
Ferrous metal smelting and rolling industry 10 83.4 (80.6, 87.5) 73.2, 105.1 3 (30.00)
Manufacturing of chemicals and chemical products 31 76.2 (71.0, 79.5) 70.0, 87.6 2 (6.45)
Computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing 67 79.7 (73.0, 82.6) 70.0, 101.1 9 (13.43)
Manufacturing of furniture 21 85.3 (80.6, 86.4) 71.9, 95.7 11 (52.38)
Manufacturing of metal products 292 81.5 (77.1, 85.7) 70.0, 97.8 81 (27.74)
Manufacturing of motor vehicles 318 82.0 (79.2, 85.0) 70.5, 95.7 79 (24.84)
Manufacturing of coke and refined petroleum products 3 79.3 (78.0, 82.7) 78.0, 82.7 0 (0.00)
Railway, shipping, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing 92 83.5 (79.0, 87.8) 71.7, 103.9 35 (38.04)
General equipment manufacturing 188 80.1 (75.4, 83.9) 70.0, 101.7 40 (21.28)
Pharmaceutical manufacturing industry 6 83.4 (82.1, 84.3) 79.2, 84.6 0 (0.00)
Instrumentation manufacturing industry 16 81.0 (74.8, 87.2) 70.8, 100.8 4 (25.00)
Printing and reproduction of recorded media industry 259 81.2 (77.9, 83.1) 70.0, 93.7 26 (10.04)
Nonferrous metal smelting and rolling industry 25 81.6 (80.7, 83.6) 71.9, 95.2 3 (12.00)
Special equipment manufacturing industry 208 80.4 (76.7, 83.9) 70.0, 96.6 47 (22.60)
Statistic H = 89.4629, P < 0.0001 P < 0.0001
Enterprise-scale
Large and medium enterprises 380 81.4 (78.0, 85.9) 70.1, 105.1 105 (27.63)
Small and micro-sized enterprises 1,310 81.1 (77.5, 84.1) 70.0, 101.7 265 (20.23)
Statistic H = 6.1861, p = 0.0129 F = 0.9990, p = 0.0030
Ownership type
State-owned 204 81.4 (77.2, 84.7) 70.0, 103.9 47 (23.04)
Collective 39 80.4 (76.6, 82.7) 70.0, 93.7 2 (5.13)
Joint-equity cooperative enterprises 10 80.5 (77.2, 81.5) 70.0, 81.5 0 (0.00)
Joint-operate 10 79.4 (72.4, 82.9) 71.7, 87.1 2 (20.00)
Private 86 78.6 (76.0, 82.2) 70.0, 94.9 11 (12.79)
Incorporated company 27 80.6 (75.9, 87.9) 70.8, 100.8 8 (29.63)
Limited liability company 1,023 81.2 (77.9, 84.5) 70.0, 105.1 226 (22.09)
Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan invested enterprises 7 84.1 (80.9, 89.5) 79.4, 94.9 3 (42.86)
Foreign 214 81.5(78.2, 85.1) 70.3, 101.7 54 (25.23)
Others 70 80.7 (77.2, 85.0) 70.0, 101.1 17 (24.29)
Statistic H = 26.4413, p = 0.0017 p = 0.0170
Total 1,690 81.1 (77.6, 84.4) 70.0, 105.1 370 (21.89)

*LEx,8h: Normalization of equivalent continuous A-weighted sound pressure level to a nominal 8 h working day. LEx,40h: Normalization of equivalent continuous A-weighted sound pressure level to a nominal 40 h working week.