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Table 1 Distribution of the number of people born in Denmark 1956–1983 according to place of residence and the distance to nearest major road at the 15th birthday

From: Urbanization and traffic related exposures as risk factors for Schizophrenia

Geographical distance to nearest major road at 15th birthday

Degree of urbanization at place of residence at 15th birthday

 

Capital

Capital suburb

Provincial city

Provincial town

Rural area

Total

 

No of People

Col. percent

No of People

Col. percent

No of People

Col. percent

No of People

Col. percent

No of People

Col. percent

No of People

Col. percent

0–50 m

11172

8.5

13182

4.8

18793

9.8

53329

10.1

101323

14.2

197799

10.7

50–100 m

8382

6.3

19462

7.1

20243

10.5

46135

8.8

50186

7.0

144408

7.8

100–250 m

27149

20.5

5785

21.0

51980

27.1

129274

24.5

133021

18.6

399276

21.7

250–500 m

40279

30.5

72864

26.4

52090

27.2

136636

25.9

133417

18.6

435286

23.6

500–1000 m

36166

27.4

7879

28.6

34057

17.8

99887

18.9

120778

16.9

369686

20.1

1000–2000 m

8624

6.5

30059

10.9

11001

5.7

42786

8.1

101972

14.3

194442

10.6

>2000 m

379

0.3

3284

1.2

3669

1.9

19284

3.7

74375

10.4

100991

5.5

Total

132151

100.0

275501

100.0

191833

100.0

527331

100.0

715072

100.0

1841888

100.0

  1. A total of 13151 people (0.7%) were not resident in Denmark at the 15th birthday, and a total of 36976 people (1.9%) resident in Denmark at the 15th birthday had unknown information on the geographical distance to nearest major road at the 15th birthday. The column percent indicates the percentage of people living in a defined degree of urbanization with a specific distance to nearest major road.