Table 1

 Descriptive statistics for the four air pollutant annual mean concentrations and the composite index across all wards

Air quality variableMeanStandard deviationMinimumMaximum
Benzene (ppb)0.560.430.082.63
PM10 (μg/m3)23.953.5817.8741.37
SO2 (ppb)3.711.991.1531.32
NO2 (ppb)12.426.152.6342.51
Combined index1.500.530.683.96