Distribution of characteristics by differing minimum proximity limits
| Characteristic | All current retailers (n=5131) | 150 m proximity limit | 300 m proximity limit | 450 m proximity limit | ||||
| IQR | Mean (SD) | Min, max | Mean (SD) | Min, max | Mean (SD) | Min, max | ||
| Remaining retailers | ||||||||
| Number | 3317 (66.59) | 3292, 3973 | 2604 (6.86) | 2588, 2617 | 2176 (9.50) | 2149, 2202 | ||
| % Reduction | 35.34 (1.30) | 22.57, 35.84 | 49.26 (0.13) | 49.56, 49.00 | 57.59 (0.19) | 58.12, 57.08 | ||
| Distance to closest retailer | ||||||||
| Median (m) | 109.61 | 45.99, 343.22 | 377.22 (12.92) | 255.23, 387.62 | 568.03 (4.34) | 559.48. 580.19 | 718.16 (6.74) | 699.54, 735.36 |
| Distance to closest school | ||||||||
| Median (m) | 1017.21 | 627.78, 1676.74 | 1087.41 (5.95) | 1034.91, 1094.02 | 1149.24 (4.64) | 1139.48, 1158.81 | 1230.64 (9.08) | 1214.00, 1250.15 |
| N | % | % (SD) | Min, max | % (SD) | Min, max | % (SD) | Min, max | |
| Socioeconomic deprivation* | ||||||||
| Low | 521 | 10.22 | 11.21 (0.13) | 10.66, 11.52 | 12.76 (0.19) | 12.34, 13.30 | 13.34 (0.23) | 12.70, 13.92 |
| Medium | 1971 | 38.65 | 39.70 (0.21) | 38.95, 40.11 | 40.71 (0.33) | 39.69, 41.55 | 41.68 (0.39) | 40.84, 42.86 |
| High | 2607 | 51.13 | 49.09 (0.23) | 48.69, 50.39 | 46.53 (0.27) | 45.97, 47.36 | 44.98 (0.36) | 44.05, 45.76 |
| Urban rural | ||||||||
| Rural | 568 | 11.07 | 13.63 (0.15) | 12.21, 13.77 | 16.15 (0.06) | 15.98, 16.29 | 18.71 (0.10) | 18.44, 18.99 |
| Small/Medium urban | 1247 | 24.30 | 24.67 (0.13) | 23.91, 24.96 | 22.84 (0.16) | 22.50, 23.16 | 22.67 (0.17) | 22.17, 23.04 |
| Large/Major urban | 3316 | 64.63 | 61.71 (0.25) | 61.42, 63.88 | 61.01 (0.16) | 60.64, 61.37 | 58.62 (0.18) | 58.25, 59.16 |
*Socioeconomic deprivation classification was unavailable for 32 of the 5131 current tobacco retailers (0.6%).
IQR, Interquartile Range.