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Table 1 New York census tract characteristics by presence of medical cannabis certifying providers and dispensaries

From: Availability of medical cannabis services by racial, social, and geographic characteristics of neighborhoods in New York: a cross-sectional study

Census tract characteristic

All census tracts

Census tracts by certifying providers

Census tracts by medical cannabis dispensaries

 

(N = 4858)

With certifying providers (N = 1073)

Without certifying providers (N = 3785)

p-value

With medical cannabis dispensaries (N = 37)

Without medical cannabis dispensaries (N = 4821)

p-value

Geographic characteristic, n (%)

       

  Urban

4065 (83.7)

957 (89.2)

3108 (82.1)

 < 0.001

36 (97.3)

4029 (83.6)

0.08

  Suburban

321 (6.6)

28 (2.6)

293 (7.7)

 

0 (0)

321 (6.7)

 

  Rural

472 (9.7)

88 (8.2)

384 (10.2)

 

1 (2.7)

471 (9.8)

 

Percent of Hispanic residents, mean (SD)

17.8% (19.6%)

15.0% (16.3%)

18.6% (20.3%)

 < 0.001

15.9% (13.7%)

17.8% (19.6%)

0.40

Percent of Black residents, mean (SD)

18.3% (25.1%)

13.6% (20.0%)

19.6% (26.2%)

 < 0.001

13.3% (15.3%)

18.3% (25.1%)

0.06

Median household income in $USD, mean (SD)

$84,123 ($40,908)

$99,082 ($47,960)

$80,001 ($37,719)

 < 0.001

$93,449 ($43,487)

$84,055 ($40,886)

0.18

Percent of residents with bachelor’s degree or higher, mean (SD)

34.1% (19.0%)

43.4% (21.2%)

31.5% (17.4%)

 < 0.001

43.7% (22.7%)

34.1% (18.9%)

0.002

  1. Missing data: Percent of Hispanic residents = 21; Percent of Black residents = 21; Median household income = 164; Percent of residents with bachelor’s degree or higher = 25