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. 2021 Aug;133:None. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102498

Table 2.

Summary of measures for the online food delivery service and the physical food environment across postcode districts in England (n = 2118), stratified by deprivation.


Deprivation decilea

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 All
Measure (4.28–10.21) n = 214 (10.22–12.08) n = 210 (12.09–14.00) n = 213 (14.01–15.91) n = 211 (15.92–18.18) n = 211 (18.19–20.60) n = 212 (20.61–23.54) n = 212 (23.55–27.06) n = 212 (27.07–32.89) n = 212 (32.90–69.51) n = 211 n = 2118
Online food delivery service
Food outlets registeredb (count) 3.0 (1.0–7.0) 3.0 (0.0–10.0) 3.0 (1.0–9.0) 5.0 (1.0–13.0) 5.0 (0.0–14.0) 6.0 (1.0–18.0) 9.5 (1.0–23.5) 14.5 (5.0–26.0) 21.5 (10.0–37.5) 24.0 (14.0–37.0) 7.0 (1.0–21.0)
Accessible food outlets (count) 41.0 (18.0–68.0) 31.0 (12.0–74.0) 30.0 (11.0–89.0) 44.0 (11.0–101.0) 41.0 (8.0–106.0) 62.0 (9.0–121.0) 76.0 (4.0–176.5) 92.5 (30.5–208.5) 143.0 (80.0–247.0) 186.0 (102.0–294.0) 63.5 (16.0–156.0)
Unique cuisine types accessible (count) 31.0 (18.0–43.0) 26.5 (13.0–47.0) 27.0 (12.0–47.0) 32.0 (13.0–55.0) 29.0 (10.0–54.0) 36.0 (10.0–59.5) 44.0 (6.5–72.0) 49.0 (24.0–83.5) 59.5 (40.5–84.0) 71.0 (48.0–95.0) 39.0 (16.0–68.0)
Physical food environment
Food outlets within postcodec district (count) 18.0 (9.0–31.0) 21.0 (10.0–38.0) 24.0 (10.0–39.0) 25.0 (11.0–45.0) 24.0 (12.0–43.0) 28.0 (11.0–52.5) 34.5 (18.5–56.5) 41.5 (21.5–68.0) 50.5 (29.5–81.0) 50.0 (29.0–76.0) 30.0 (14.0–52.0)
Food outlets within neighbourhoodc (count) 45.0 (26.0–93.0) 52.5 (24.0–97.0) 55.0 (26.0–129.0) 67.0 (29.0–142.0) 75.0 (29.0–154.0) 90.5 (31.0–169.0) 112.0 (34.0–223.5) 123.5 (49.0–274.5) 191.0 (105.5–290.5) 212.0 (146.0–343.0) 90.0 (36.0–200.0)
Percentage registeredd (%) 20.0 (10.0–30.0) 20.0 (0.0–30.0) 10.0 (0.0–30.0) 20.0 (10.0–40.0) 20.0 (0.0–40.0) 20.0 (10.0–40.0) 30.0 (0.0–50.0) 40.0 (20.0–50.0) 40.0 (30.0–50.0) 50.0 (40.0–60.0) 30.0 (10.0–40.0)
Percentage accessible onlinee (%) 70.9 (40.4–115.1) 59.4 (33.3–100.0) 49.7 (27.3–91.3) 59.2 (29.2–96.4) 53.3 (26.3–97.1) 56.8 (28.3–88.4) 52.7 (23.1–82.4) 67.3 (40.1–91.9) 72.1 (52.6–95.0) 77.4 (62.2–107.7) 63.4 (35.6–96.5)
a

Decile 1 = least deprived, decile 10 = most deprived. Data reported as median (IQR) unless stated.

b

‘Registered’ = registered to accept orders online, through the online food delivery service.

c

Food outlet categories included: Fast food and takeaway outlets; Fast food delivery services; Fish and Chip shops; Restaurants. ‘Neighbourhood’ = 1600m Euclidean radius ‘neighbourhood’ buffer of postcode district geographic centroid.

d

The number of food outlets registered to accept orders online as a percentage of the number of food outlets within a postcode district.

e

The number of food outlets accessible online as a percentage of the number physically accessible within the neighbourhood.