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Table 1 Characteristics of the Rhineland-Palatinate vineyard area

From: Cancer risk among residents of Rhineland-Palatinate winegrowing communities: a cancer-registry based ecological study

 

Rhineland-Palatinate*

Area under wine (% of community area)

 

Total

> 0%, ≤ 5%

>5%, ≤ 20%

>20%

Communities

2,305

162

171

170

Total area (ha)

1,984,688

222,736

200,709

129,444

Area under wine (ha)

69,043

2,996

25,101

40,683

% area under wine

3.5%

1.3%

12.5%

31.4%

Inhabitants (per ha)

4,000,567 (2.02)

564,210 (2.53)

526,486 (2.62)

301,193 (2.33)

Inhabitants per community (median, min-max)

566 (6–184,752)

1,188 (72–99,750)

1,193 (95–80,535)

984 (84–40,110)

  1. * All data pertain to Dec 31st, 1996 (Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz 2006)