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Table 4 On-premise alcohol outlets spatial accessibility measures by National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) urban–rural classification scheme for counties, United States, 2013

From: Quantifying spatial accessibility in public health practice and research: an application to on-premise alcohol outlets, United States, 2013

Measures

NCHS urban/rural class name

Number of counties

Mean

Standard deviation

Minimum

Median

Maximum

Population-weighted accessibility

Driving time

Large central metro

68

4.69

2.38

1.94

4.03

13.31

Large fringe metro

368

1.79

1.03

0.23

1.58

6.92

Medium metro

373

1.91

1.07

0.15

1.86

5.34

Small metro

358

1.91

1.05

0.02

1.97

5.12

Micropolitan

641

1.84

0.92

0.02

1.76

5.59

Noncore

1333

1.27

0.96

0.00

1.01

8.71

Driving distance

Large central metro

68

12.02

6.55

4.81

10.06

36.67

Large fringe metro

368

4.39

2.63

0.41

3.94

18.04

Medium metro

373

4.72

2.82

0.22

4.70

14.20

Small metro

358

4.75

2.75

0.11

4.90

12.66

Micropolitan

641

4.52

2.45

0.04

4.26

15.07

Noncore

1333

3.11

2.53

0.00

2.37

19.85

Euclidian distance

Large central metro

68

18.40

10.71

7.55

15.11

69.78

Large fringe metro

368

6.57

3.96

0.56

5.83

25.44

Medium metro

373

6.91

4.09

0.28

7.02

19.98

Small metro

358

6.82

3.94

0.35

6.93

17.88

Micropolitan

641

6.29

3.33

0.26

5.98

20.33

Noncore

1335

4.18

3.34

0.00

3.20

24.43

Population-weighted distance

Driving time (min)

Large central metro

68

2.79

1.22

0.71

2.75

5.86

Large fringe metro

368

8.94

5.57

1.55

7.51

32.85

Medium metro

373

9.55

6.68

2.31

7.04

44.26

Small metro

358

10.40

7.49

1.85

7.86

48.03

Micropolitan

641

10.88

6.93

2.82

9.09

63.44

Noncore

1333

17.78

11.92

2.94

14.90

216.83

Driving distance (miles)

Large central metro

68

1.13

0.50

0.26

1.10

2.49

Large fringe metro

368

4.02

2.84

0.69

3.22

17.55

Medium metro

373

4.56

4.13

0.91

3.09

32.69

Small metro

358

4.92

4.06

0.76

3.43

25.61

Micropolitan

641

5.23

3.90

1.13

4.10

29.61

Noncore

1333

8.97

6.78

0.99

7.07

92.26

Euclidian distance (miles)

Large central metro

68

0.73

0.32

0.13

0.68

1.55

Large fringe metro

368

2.71

1.99

0.46

2.18

12.84

Medium metro

373

3.19

3.23

0.61

2.14

26.85

Small metro

358

3.52

3.18

0.51

2.30

20.49

Micropolitan

641

3.80

3.04

0.80

2.95

26.86

Noncore

1335

7.61

13.75

0.75

5.34

398.21