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Table 2 Percentages of the total population exposed to each noise category in the present noise model

From: A statistical downscaling approach for generating high spatial resolution health risk maps: a case study of road noise and ischemic heart disease mortality in Melbourne, Australia

Noise category (in dB)

Noise (population weighted dB)

Population

Percentage of population

Below 41

23.82

2,384,408

60.92

41–45

43.43

571,828

14.61

46–50

48.39

482,741

12.33

51–55

53.18

306,973

7.84

56–60

57.98

129,686

3.31

61–65

62.82

33,809

0.86

66–70

67.75

4529

0.12

71–75

71.69

121

0.00

76–80

NA

0

0.00

Total

NA

3,914,095

100.00