TABLE 1.
NYC boroughs | Bronx | Brooklyn | Manhattan | Queens | ||||
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Neighborhoods | Riverdale | South Bronx | Greenpoint | Heights | Upper East Side | Inwood | Forest Hills | Rockaway |
Number of adults | 73,413 | 384,008 | 241,362 | 99,473 | 320,906 | 199,528 | 199,111 | 84,281 |
Age (%) | ||||||||
18–34 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 30 | 31 |
35–54 | 32 | 38 | 29 | 36 | 29 | 34 | 36 | 36 |
55 and older | 39 | 24 | 22 | 26 | 32 | 28 | 33 | 34 |
Sex (%) | ||||||||
Female | 56 | 48 | 51 | 57 | 56 | 52 | 53 | 55 |
Education (%) | ||||||||
Less than high school | 17 | 39 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 22 |
High school | 20 | 27 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 27 |
Some college | 22 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 20 | 23 | 25 |
College and above | 41 | 11 | 44 | 27 | 79 | 31 | 37 | 25 |
Number of food retailers | ||||||||
Limited service restaurant | 63 | 360 | 125 | 234 | 80 | 163 | 191 | 46 |
Full-service restaurant | 58 | 196 | 235 | 162 | 90 | 154 | 203 | 37 |
Supermarkets | 53 | 619 | 159 | 314 | 33 | 255 | 202 | 59 |
Fruit and vegetable markets | 2 | 15 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 2 |
Consumption of fruits and vegetables (%) | ||||||||
Community health survey | 67 | 54 | 74 | 55 | 81 | 61 | 75 | 60 |
Model simulation | 68 | 55 | 73 | 58 | 82 | 59 | 75 | 60 |
Consumption of fruit and vegetables was measured by the proportion of the population who consume two or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day within a neighborhood. In each of the NYC boroughs, the neighborhood with the highest fruit and vegetable consumption level (Bronx: Kingsbridge–Riverdale; Brooklyn: Greenpoint; Manhattan: Upper East Side–Gramerey, and Queens: Ridgewood–Forest Hills) and the neighborhood with the lowest consumption level (Bronx: South Bronx; Brooklyn: Heights; Manhattan: Inwood, and Queens: Rockaway) were selected for presentation