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. 2007 Dec 27;85(2):178–190. doi: 10.1007/s11524-007-9251-x

TABLE 2.

Environmental characteristics of the 60 segments

Environmental characteristics Mean SD Minimum–maximum
Estimated segment population (residents) 29.1 8.0 13.5–47.6
Street
Traffic volume (vehicles/30 min) 26.1 35.9 1.0–198.0
Number of traffic control efforts 8.6 8.9 0.0–40.0
Number of street lights 7.0 4.0 0.0–20.0
Sidewalk
Slab incongruence (%) 0.33 0.29 0.0–1.1
Defective (%) 2.4 3.9 0.0–18.0
Obstructed (%) 2.0 3.2 0.0–16.3
Crack growth/overgrowth instances 184.7 70.3 70.0–380.0
Aethetics
Grass height (cm) 8.7 2.3 3.6–15.5
Landscapable (%) 89.7 14.3 30.0–100.0
Properties with graffiti (%) 3.1 7.2 0.0–27.8
Pieces of litter 88.2 116.8 0.0–576.7
Properties with chipped paint (%) 22.6 16.5 0.0–63.1
Number of trees 64.3 31.8 6.7–166.7
Properties with flowers (%) 51.5 23.2 0.0–100.0

SD=standard deviation