Table 1 Characteristics of the high and low CAFO density regions and characteristics of the general practitioners’ patients populations, 2009
High CAFO density region | Low CAFO density regions | |
|---|---|---|
Characteristics of the regions | ||
No. of postal code areas | 171 | 785 |
No. of CAFOs a | 129 | 10 |
Swine | 85 | 2 |
Poultry | 28 | 1 |
Cattle | 10 | 7 |
Goat | 6 | 0 |
No. of general practices | 28 | 22 |
No. of general practitioners | 66 | 32 |
Characteristics of the populations | ||
Total No. of patients b | 119,036 | 78,060 |
Gender (females); n (%) | 58,952 (49.5) | 38,983 (49.9) |
Age (yrs); mean ± SD | 40 ± 23 | 39 ± 23 |
No. of patients aged 0–14 yrs; n (%) | 21,509 (18.1) | 14,805 (19.0) |
No. of patients aged ≥65 yrs; n (%) | 18,318 (15.4) | 11,880 (15.2) |
Standardized household income x € 1000 c; mean ± SD | 24.6 ± 15.5 | 24.3 ± 15.6 |