Table 1

Descriptive statistics of census tract variables for the Barcelona metropolitan area (Spanish census, 2001)

Percentiles
Census tract variablesMeanMinimum10th30th70th90thMaximum
% Residents >64 yr.121.40.912.316.723.628.651.0
% Low education210.30.04.06.813.520.458.0
% Manual workers344.410.023.236.462.072.789.6
% Unemployment412.73.78.310.514.518.855.9
% Houses without AC579.630.470.277.085.490.598.5
% Old buildings620.20.00.02.316.753.7100
% Single dwellings717.10.00.05.620.842.498.9
% Perception of little surrounding greenness838.31.814.225.649.566.391.7
Percent tree cover93.81.12.12.73.86.349.2
  • 1Percentage of residents aged 65 years or older

  • 2Percentage of residents (16-29 yr.) who are illiterate or have not completed primary school education

  • 3Percentage of manual workers among residents≥16 yr.

  • 4Percentage of unemployed residents≥16 yr.

  • 5Percentage of houses without air conditioning

  • 6Percentage of buildings that were built before 1920

  • 7Percentage of single dwellings

  • 8Percentage of residents perceiving little surrounding greenness

  • 9Weighted average of tree cover percentage (MODIS Vegetation Continuous Fields (2002-2003)) in a buffer of 500m around address of residence at time of death.