Table 3

Distance distributions of births and deaths relative to nearest hazard

Distances (km)	−0.3	−0.5	−1.0	−2.0	−5.0	>5.0	0.0–1.0*	(0.95 CI)
*As in table 1.
(a) Bus stations (444 map points)
Births	217	129	378	651	1674	2076	666
Deaths	18	43	209	635	1805	2415	212
B/D ratio	12.06	3.00	1.81	1.03	0.93	0.86	3.14	2.69 to 3.68
(b) Hospitals (1248)
Births	212	317	880	1331	1526	859	1149
Deaths	85	142	549	1311	1954	1084	516
B/D ratio	2.49	2.23	1.60	1.02	0.78	0.79	2.23	2.00 to 2.48
(c) Heavy transport (1019)
Births	65	114	471	1090	1812	1573	568
Deaths	41	77	266	837	2070	1834	302
B/D ratio	1.59	1.48	1.77	1.30	0.88	0.86	1.88	1.62 to 2.16
(d) Industrial solvent use (486)
Births	64	95	368	784	1465	2349	445
Deaths	36	66	221	652	1528	2622	241
B/D ratio	1.78	1.44	1.67	1.20	0.96	0.90	1.85	1.58 to 2.17
(e) Incinerators (70)
Births	2	7	67	216	659	4174	74
Deaths	0	10	34	169	678	4234	43
B/D ratio	–	0.70	1.97	1.28	0.97	0.99	1.76	1.21 to 2.58
(f) Railway lines
Births	1275	810	1141	979	638	282	1325
Deaths	928	639	1154	1216	842	346	820
B/D ratio	1.37	1.27	0.99	0.81	0.76	0.82	1.62	1.48 to 1.77
(g) Oil sources (storage/refinery facilities) (221)
Births	19	14	65	222	982	3823	93
Deaths	5	9	54	222	975	3860	63
B/D ratio	3.80	1.56	1.20	1.00	1.01	0.99	1.48	1.07 to 2.04
(h) Motorway
Births	167	83	249	563	1504	2559	357
Deaths	117	122	296	558	1337	2695	393
B/D ratio	1.43	0.68	0.84	1.01	1.12	0.95	0.91	0.78 to 1.05
(i) Combined bus stations, hospitals, railways (a+b+f)
Births	1553	885	1179	838	493	177	1295
Deaths	1009	738	1315	1178	646	239	740
B/D ratio	1.54	1.20	0.90	0.71	0.76	0.74	1.75	1.59 to 1.92
(j) All ICE (a+b+c+f+h)
Births	1658	943	1231	764	388	141	1193
Deaths	1130	832	1356	1120	501	186	679
B/D/ratio	1.47	1.13	0.91	0.68	0.77	0.76	1.76	1.59 to 1.94