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Table 1 Description of the three study urban areas

From: A statistical procedure to create a neighborhood socioeconomic index for health inequalities analysis

 

Lille Métropole

Grand Lyon

Aix-Marseille

Population in 1999 (inhabitants)

1,091,438

1,193,384

1,349,772

Population in 2007 (inhabitants)

1,106,885

1,260,348

1,434,845

Number of municipalities

85

58

38

Number of census block groups

506

510

630

Number of housing blocks (% of census block groups)

475 (94%)

465 (91%)

563 (89%)

Number of census block groups with missing median income (% of census blocks)

119 (24%)

95 (19%)

106 (17%)

Area (km2)

611.45

527.15

1289.59