Table 2.
Characteristics of residents living within 3 km of an incinerator in Italy, Slovakia and England, 2001.
| Variables | Italy | Slovakia | England | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Total | 1060569 | 16409 | 1203208 | |||
| Sex | ||||||
| males | 511831 | 48.3 | 8039 | 49.0 | 592817 | 49.3 |
| females | 548738 | 51.7 | 8370 | 51.0 | 610391 | 50.7 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 0 | 9010 | 0.8 | 176 | 1.1 | 16425 | 1.4 |
| 1-14 | 123061 | 11.6 | 2914 | 17.8 | 233047 | 19.4 |
| 15-44 | 435825 | 41.1 | 7795 | 47.5 | 569850 | 47.4 |
| 45-64 | 289430 | 27.3 | 4337 | 26.4 | 229133 | 19.0 |
| 65+ | 203243 | 19.2 | 1187 | 7.2 | 154753 | 12.9 |
| Area-based socioeconomic status | ||||||
| I (high) | 133211 | 12.6 | 9127 | 55.6 | 35498 | 3.0 |
| II | 159735 | 15.1 | 386 | 2.4 | 76359 | 6.3 |
| III | 223059 | 21.0 | 1600 | 9.8 | 150253 | 12.5 |
| IV | 257009 | 24.2 | 4856 | 29.6 | 274692 | 22.8 |
| V (low) | 264401 | 24.9 | 414 | 2.5 | 666406 | 55.4 |
| missing information | 23154 | 2.2 | 26 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
| Period of start of the plant | ||||||
| 1960-1970 | 81586 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1971-1980 | 127750 | 12.0 | 14240 | 86.8 | 533915 | 44.4 |
| 1981-1990 | 301950 | 28.5 | 2169 | 13.2 | 0.0 | |
| 1991-2001 | 549283 | 51.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 669293 | 55.6 |
| Distance from the plant | ||||||
| 0-1 Km | 50990 | 4.8 | 221 | 1.3 | 95179 | 7.9 |
| 1-2 km | 326798 | 30.8 | 3433 | 20.9 | 416987 | 34.7 |
| 2-3 km | 682781 | 64.4 | 12755 | 77.7 | 691042 | 57.4 |