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. 2005 Sep;95(9):1575–1581. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.056341

TABLE 2—

Number of Fast-Food Restaurants Within 400 and 800 m of Any School, Overall and by Neighborhood Characteristic Strata: Chicago, 2002

Restaurants Within 400 m of a School, No. Restaurants Within 800 m of a School, No.
Mean SD Range 5th Percentile Median 95th Percentile Schools With at Least 1 Restaurant Within 400 m, No. (%) Mean SD Range 5th Percentile Median 95th Percentile Schools With at Least 1 Restaurant Within 800 m, No. (%)
Chicago overall 0.9 ±2.9 0–33 0 0 3 452 (34.9%) 3.1 ±7.3 0–85 0 2 7 1010 (78.2%)
Downtown 6.6 ±10.1 0–33 0 1 29 46 (66.7%) 19.9 ±25.2 0–85 1 6 70 65 (94.2%)
Outside downtown 0.5 ±1.0 0–7 0 0 3 406 (33.2%) 2.1 ±2.1 0–19 0 2 6 945 (77.3%)
High commercialization 1.4 ±4.7 0–33 0 0 4 124 (39.5%) 4.4 ±11.5 0–85 0 2 11 248 (79.0%)
Medium commercialization 0.9 ±2.5 0–26 0 0 3 191 (39.9%) 3.3 ±7.1 0–66 0 2 7 382 (79.7%)
Low commercialization 0.4 ±0.9 0–7 0 0 2 136 (27.3%) 1.9 ±2.0 0–18 0 1 6 379 (76.1%)
High median household income ( > $43 700)a 1.5 ±4.5 0–33 0 0 4 168 (38.1%) 4.7 ±11.5 0–85 0 2 19 337 (76.4%)
Moderate median household income ($30 300–43 700) 0.5 ±1.4 0–17 0 0 2 124 (29.3%) 2.4 ±4.3 0–58 0 2 6 330 (78.0%)
Low median household income (< $30 300) 0.6 ±1.0 0–7 0 0 3 160 (37.4%) 2.0 ±1.9 0–18 0 2 6 343 (80.1%)

aExcludes 8 restaurants in census tracts with no information on median annual household income.