Table 1 Summary statistics for the six suburb sites
From: The relationship between atmospheric lead emissions and aggressive crime: an ecological study
Suburb (number of years with complete lead and crime data at 21-year lag) | Suburb data in the years with lead data | Suburb information in the years with crime data (mean ± std devn) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Years with lead data | Air lead μg/m3 | Years with crime data | Assault rates per 100,000 | Fraud rates per 100,000 | Population aged 15–24 (%) | Median weekly income | Population finished secondary school (%) | |
Boolaroo (n = 19) | 1975–1993 | 4.06 ± 1.254 | 1995–2014 | 990.33 ± 297.95 | 219.48 ± 120.993 | 11.69 ± 0.498 | 965.61 ± 90.555 | 27.57 ± 3.418 |
Earlwood (n = 13) | 1980–1996 | 0.82 ± .394 | 1995–2014 | 367.15 ± 49.696 | 240.07 ± 81.948 | 12.00 ± 1.602 | 1359.34 ± 106.04 | 50.41 ± 5.126 |
Lane Cove (n = 14) | 1977–1991 | 1.32 ± .426 | 1995–2014 | 238.35 ± 54.049 | 449.89 ± 280.851 | 12.43 ± 1.273 | 1985.33 ± 275.179 | 72.15 ± 4.917 |
Port Kembla (n = 20) | 1974–1999 | 2.68 ± 1.906 | 1995–2014 | 1627.11 ± 530.602 | 365.50 ± 140.128 | 12.30 ± .963 | 779.45 ± 78.714 | 28.89 ± 4.539 |
Rozelle (n = 20) | 1973–1999 | .57 ± .334 | 1995–2014 | 908.35 ± 173.472 | 790.67 ± 240.948 | 8.70 ± 1.854 | 2321.95 ± 470.56 | 72.38 ± 7.961 |
Rydalmere (n = 12) | 1973–1985 | 1.29 ± .175 | 1995–2014 | 769.87 ± 188.164 | 487.81 ± 228.232 | 11.96 ± 1.00 | 1296.60 ± 89.252 | 49.00 ± 5.960 |
All sites (n = 98) | – | 1.84 ± 1.645 | – | 818.90 ± 537.018 | 422.86 ± 272.331 | 11.49 ± 1.819 | 1458.11 ± 602.461 | 50.11 ± 19.216 |