1. Urban Audit data availability
May 2004

2. Variables sent per country for the core cities

3. Conclusion
Some new Member States have already supplied more than some old ones
On average, about 60 percent of the variables have been supplied
Hopefully things will still improve in the course of 2004
Only data sent for period 4 (1999 to 2003) has been taken into account in the statistics

4. Indicators available per thematic field

5. Conclusion
Demography, social aspects and economic data are still best served
Environment and IT are the most difficult to cover
In all domains the spread between the lowest and highest coverage is very big
Only data sent for period 4 (1999 to 2003) has been taken into account in the statistics

6. SCD Response rate (number of units)

7. Conclusion
For sub-city districts the coverage is considerably lower than for core cities, although only 33 variables are collected
Analytical conclusions for sub-city districts are difficult to make
Only data sent for period 4 (1999 to 2003) has been taken into account in the statistics

8. Some results….

9. Interpretation
As one would expect, car thefts occur more often per head of population in large cities than in medium-sized cities.
However, there are many large cities where car thefts are in fact less frequent than in certain medium-sized cities

10. Some results….
Germany
France

11. Interpretation
There are in general more doctors per inhabitant in cities than nationwide
There are though a few exceptions, which might be surprising
In Germany there are more doctors per inhabitants than in France

12. Some results….

13. Interpretation
The proportion of self employed is quite stable between 4 and 10 percent, i.e. the indicator shows less variation than others
In large cities the proportion of self employed is slightly higher than in medium sized cities