Table 1 Descriptive statistics for total and disease-specific health outcomes.
Minimum | Maximum | Mean | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Daily ambulance call-outs (5753 observation days) | 84 | 361 | 182.2 | 51.1 |
non-heat wave periods (cold seasons): 2837 days | 89 | 331 | 183.9 | 50.6 |
non-heat wave periods (warm seasons): 2748 days | 84 | 336 | 179.4 | 50.8 |
Heat wave period 08: 15 days: | 248 | 303 | 270.9 | 17.6 |
Heat wave period 09: 13 days | 243 | 361 | 291.1 | 36.1 |
Cardiac | 1 | 66 | 27.1 | 8.0 |
Respiratory | 0 | 48 | 16.0 | 6.7 |
Neurological | 1 | 48 | 18.9 | 8.8 |
Daily hospital separation (5753 observation days) | 202 | 1811 | 1086.5 | 465.2 |
non-heat wave periods (cold seasons): 2837 days | 263 | 1811 | 1103.0 | 461.7 |
non-heat wave periods (warm seasons): 2748 days | 202 | 1800 | 1066.3 | 469.3 |
Heat wave period 08: 15 days: | 385 | 1676 | 1248.6 | 508.8 |
Heat wave period 09: 13 days | 460 | 1742 | 1322.9 | 506.4 |
Cardio-vascular | 17 | 137 | 73.0 | 24.6 |
Ischaemic heart disease | 3 | 60 | 24.8 | 8.6 |
Respiratory | 13 | 138 | 58.7 | 20.8 |
Mental health | 5 | 214 | 35.6 | 13.5 |
Renal | 1 | 60 | 21.1 | 9.9 |
Heat | 0 | 55 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
Daily Emergency Department (2101 observation days) | 653 | 1263 | 880.3 | 98.4 |
non-heat wave periods (cold seasons): 1007 days | 658 | 1263 | 879.0 | 102.4 |
non-heat wave periods (warm seasons): 1020 days | 653 | 1138 | 878.3 | 92.2 |
Heat wave period 08: 15 days: | 889 | 1129 | 1025.4 | 63.3 |
Heat wave period 09: 13 days | 905 | 1065 | 994.5 | 54.3 |
Cardio-vascular | 13 | 63 | 34.8 | 7.7 |
Ischaemic heart disease | 0 | 22 | 9.6 | 3.3 |
Respiratory | 23 | 175 | 70.1 | 24.0 |
Mental health | 0 | 61 | 22.7 | 16.2 |
Renal | 5 | 46 | 19.0 | 5.8 |
Heat | 0 | 63 | 2.2 | 3.0 |
Daily mortality (5753 observation days) | 2 | 44 | 23.7 | 5.4 |
non-heat wave periods (cold seasons): 2837 days | 7 | 43 | 25.3 | 5.4 |
non-heat wave periods (warm seasons): 2747 days | 6 | 44 | 22.4 | 5.2 |
Heat wave period 08: 15 days: | 19 | 31 | 23.2 | 4.2 |
Heat wave period 09: 13 days | 15 | 44 | 28.6 | 9.4 |