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. 2018 Jul 10;8(6):e015919. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-015919

Table 8.

Characteristics of the built environment in study sites

Environment features Points of interest N Sonipat Vizag
Healthcare facilities Government health facilities 64 36 28
Private hospitals and clinics 228 147 81
Registered medical practitioners and unqualified practitioners 220 195 25
Other health professionals 118 115 3
Pharmacies 337 224 113
Medical laboratories 46 30 16
Food outlets Hotels 165 4 161
Restaurants 33 10 23
Small eateries 97 40 57
Provision/department stores 313 196 117
Fruit/vegetable/juice outlets 254 36 218
Meat/fish shops 128 24 104
Public distribution system (ration) shops 52 344 52
Milk outlets 128 6 122
Bakeries/sweet shops 123 73 50
Tobacco outlets Pan shop 713 17 696
Alcohol outlets Authorised government outlets 45 31 14
Unauthorised alcohol outlets 100 100
Recreational facilities Parks 91 62 29
Walking tracks 6 6
Play grounds 50 43 7
Fitness / yoga centres 10 6 4
Other Anganwadis, schools, temples, and so on 633 124 509