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Table 3 Assessment of the area’s problems and the effects of the improvements

From: Urban regeneration as population health intervention: a health impact assessment in the Bay of Pasaia (Spain)

Problems in the area

Total % (CI-95 %)

Deprivation levela

Sex

Age

High

Low

p

Men

Women

p

18–44

45–79

p

Lack of recreational areas

68.7 % (63.4–73.9)

60 %

72 %

0.03

69.1 %

68.2 %

N S

70.8 %

66.4 %

NS

Walking difficulty

37.5 % (31.9–43.0)

37 %

37.8 %

NS

32.1 %

43 %

0.05

38.6 %

36.4 %

NS

Use of metro

39.3 % (33.7–44.7)

28 %

46 %

0.003

38 %

40.5 %

NS

40.4 %

38.1 %

NS

Lack of emblematic locations

35.3 % (29.9–40.7)

30 %

38 %

NS

30 %

40.5 %

0.05

32.7 %

38.1 %

NS

Potential effect attributed to recommended improvement: pedestrian walkway

 Increases physical activity

78.4 % (73.7–83.1)

73 %

81 %

0.06

75 %

81.7 %

NS

84 %

72.4 %

0.01

 Increases use of the metro

64 % (58.5–69)

56 %

68 %

0.02

63.4 %

64.5 %

NS

70.6 %

56.9 %

0.01

 Improves sociability

81.6 % (77.2–86)

87 %

79 %

NS

79.6 %

83.6 %

NS

86.5 %

76.4 %

0.01

 Increases leisure opportunities

63.5 % (58.1–69)

56 %

67 %

0.04

61.6 %

65.4 %

NS

67.1 %

59.7 %

NS

 Increases attractiveness of area

90.2 % (86.9–93.6)

98 %

86 %

0.001

91.1 %

89.4 %

NS

92.9 %

87.3 %

NS

  1. aHigh deprivation level: includes residents from census tracts with lower deprivation index (quintile I-III); and low deprivation level: residents from census tracts with higher deprivation index (quintile IV, V)