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Table 3 Area-level deprivation and crime characteristics of study sample, Raleigh crime report area, 1999–2001*

From: Violent crime exposure classification and adverse birth outcomes: a geographically-defined cohort study

(column percent)

NH White N (%)

NH Black N (%)

% PTB

% LBW

PR** (95% CI)

Neighborhood-level deprivation

Neighborhood deprivation

   

Low ([-2.8]–[-0.7])

3922 (54.2)

659 (15.1)

6.8

4.8

0.28 (0.26, 0.30)

Med ([-0.6]–0.8)

2667 (36.2)

1436 (32.8)

8.7

6.8

0.91 (0.86, 0.96)

High (0.82 – 12.5)

713 (9.7)

2282 (52.1)

11.0

9.7

5.39 (5.00, 5.81)

Neighborhood-level violent crime

Neighborhood violent crime count

   

Low (0 – 12)

3176 (43.1)

583 (13.3)

6.8

4.7

0.31 (0.29, 0.33)

Medium (13 – 50)

3019 (41.0)

1348 (30.8)

8.6

6.7

0.75 (0.71, 0.79)

High (52 – 378)

1177 (16.0)

2446 (55.9)

10.4

8.8

3.50 (3.30, 3.71)

Neighborhood violent crime rate

   

Low (0 – 6)

4553 (61.8)

920 (21.0)

7.0

4.9

0.34 (0.32, 0.36)

Medium (6 – 16)

2138 (29.0)

1404 (32.1)

9.1

7.2

1.11 (1.05, 1.17)

High (17 – 205)

681 (9.2)

2053 (46.9)

11.0

9.6

5.07 (4.70, 5.49)

  1. * Distribution, percent preterm, percent low birth weight and prevalence ratios [PR] (95% confidence intervals [95% CI]) for neighborhood-level deprivation and violent crime variables for women living in Raleigh crime report area, 1999–2001
  2. **PR = prevalence in blacks/prevalence in whites