Table 4.
Street segments on which healthful and less-healthful food/drink items were available, the Bronx v the UES, 2015
| Characteristics of street segments | Bronx | UES | Bronx – UES (% age-point difference) | 95 % CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Street segments having ≥1 open business | 63 | 100·0 | 44* | 100·0 | 0·0 | – |
| Food and/or drink items | ||||||
| Offering any food/drink items | 55 | 87·3 | 32 | 72·7 | 14·6 | –0·9, 30·1 |
| Offering any healthful food/drink items† | 54 | 85·7 | 32 | 72·7 | 13·0 | –2·8, 28·7 |
| Offering only food/drink items that were less-healthful† | 0 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0, 0·0 |
| Food items only | ||||||
| Offering any food | 53 | 84·1 | 31 | 70·5 | 13·7 | –2·5, 29·9 |
| Offering any fruits or vegetables | 50 | 79·4 | 31 | 70·5 | 8·9 | –7·9, 25·7 |
| Offering any whole grains | 47 | 74·6 | 25 | 56·8 | 17·8 | –0·4, 35·9 |
| Offering any nuts | 42 | 66·7 | 14 | 31·8 | 34·8 | 16·8, 52·9 |
| Offering any refined sweets | 52 | 82·5 | 28 | 63·6 | 18·9 | 1·9, 35·9 |
| Offering any salty/fatty fare | 51 | 81·0 | 30 | 68·2 | 12·8 | –4·1, 29·6 |
| Offering any healthful foods‡ | 51 | 81·0 | 31 | 70·5 | 10·5 | –6·1, 27·1 |
| Offering only foods that were less-healthful‡ | 2 | 3·2 | 0 | 0·0 | 3·2 | –1·2, 7·5 |
| Drink items only | ||||||
| Offering any drink | 54 | 85·7 | 32 | 72·7 | 13·0 | –2·8, 28·7 |
| Offering any milk | 47 | 74·6 | 23 | 52·3 | 22·3 | 4·1, 40·6 |
| Offering any low-fat milk | 37 | 58·7 | 23 | 52·3 | 6·5 | –12·7, 25·6 |
| Offering any 100 % juice | 47 | 74·6 | 28 | 63·6 | 11·0 | –6·9, 28·8 |
| Offering any diet drinks | 51 | 81·0 | 29 | 65·9 | 15·0 | –2·0, 32·1 |
| Offering any sugar-sweetened beverages | 52 | 82·5 | 30 | 68·2 | 14·4 | –2·3, 31·0 |
| Offering any alcohol | 33 | 52·4 | 19 | 43·2 | 9·2 | –9·9, 28·3 |
| Offering any healthful drinks§ | 53 | 84·1 | 32 | 72·7 | 11·4 | –4·6, 27·4 |
| Offering only drinks that were less-healthful§ | 0 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0, 0·0 |
UES, Upper East Side (neighbourhood of Manhattan).
*
In the UES, two of forty-six sampled street segments had only businesses were closed at the time of assessments (in both cases, dental offices); in the Bronx, there were zero street segment having only closed businesses.
†
Please see footnotes to Table 1 for definition.
‡
Please see footnotes to Table 2 for definition.
§
Please see footnotes to Table 3 for definition.