Improving access to public physical activity events for disadvantaged communities in Australia

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Distance in km to the nearest current Australian parkrun event, and after 100 new events are set up in the locations identified by the three methods, by the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Deprivation (IRSD) quintile

	Current situation					First approximation: SA2 centroid					Second step: deprivation-weighted distance					Second step: most densely populated
IRSD subset	Mean	SD	Median	IQR	Range	Mean	SD	Median	IQR	Range	Mean	SD	Median	IQR	Range	Mean	SD	Median	IQR	Range
Least deprived	6.55	29.24	3.72	2.31–5.73	0.10–669.75	4.71	6.04	3.70	2.29–5.61	0.10–216.60	4.70	6.04	3.69	2.30–5.59	0.10–216.54	4.70	6.26	3.69	2.28–5.60	0.00–214.97
Less deprived	10.21	43.53	3.90	2.38–6.54	0.10–1403.76	6.66	14.91	3.82	2.35–6.10	0.10–579.70	6.62	14.90	3.80	2.35–6.04	0.10–579.70	6.61	14.83	3.81	2.34–6.04	0.00–579.70
Median deprived	13.80	60.12	4.23	2.51–8.43	0.04–2318.23	7.96	15.24	3.99	2.45–6.93	0.04–435.67	7.90	15.40	3.94	2.44–6.85	0.04–435.67	7.83	15.04	3.94	2.41–6.86	0.00–435.67
More deprived	15.05	55.87	4.37	2.56–9.17	0.05–1641.27	8.88	16.37	3.86	2.38–7.08	0.05–302.57	8.82	16.73	3.80	2.34–6.93	0.00–302.57	8.76	16.34	3.81	2.32–6.99	0.00–302.57
Most deprived	26.97	94.48	4.44	2.53–9.14	0.07–2316.56	11.37	26.55	3.50	2.13–6.64	0.00–372.13	11.03	26.34	3.38	2.03–6.19	0.00–357.72	11.30	29.80	3.39	2.06–6.19	0.00–565.74
Overall	14.54	61.17	4.09	2.45–7.28	0.04–2318.23	7.92	17.28	3.77	2.32–6.32	0.00–579.70	7.82	17.3	3.72	2.28–6.21	0.00–579.70	7.85	18.28	3.72	2.28–6.22	0.00–579.70

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