|
Age groups
|
|---|
|
Ambulance call-out categories
|
All ages
|
0-4
|
5-14
|
15-64
|
65-74
|
75+
|
|---|
|
Previous heatwaves
|
|
total ambulance
|
1.04 1.02-1.07
|
1.04 0.96-1.12
|
0.98 0.91-1.06
|
1.08 1.04-1.11
|
1.03 0.99-1.06
|
1.02 0.99-1.05
|
|
cardiac
|
0.98 0.95-1.02
|
1.12 0.80-1.57
|
0.64 0.26-1.58
|
1.02 0.95-1.08
|
1.02 0.95-1.10
|
0.94 0.89-1.00
|
|
respiratory
|
1.00 0.95-1.04
|
1.03 0.86-1.24
|
1.47 1.13-1.91
|
1.02 0.93-1.11
|
0.95 0.85-1.06
|
0.95 0.88-1.02
|
|
neurological
|
1.01 0.97-1.05
|
1.07 0.90-1.28
|
0.86 0.67-1.11
|
1.03 0.98-1.08
|
1.02 0.90-1.17
|
0.96 0.89-1.05
|
|
Heatwave in 2008
|
|
total ambulance
|
1.10 1.03-1.17
|
1.09 0.87-1.35
|
1.13 0.92-1.37
|
1.12 1.03-1.21
|
1.13 1.03-1.24
|
1.04 0.97-1.13
|
|
cardiac
|
1.10 1.01-1.20
|
---
|
---
|
1.16 1.01-1.34
|
1.18 0.98-1.43
|
1.02 0.89-1.16
|
|
respiratory
|
1.06 0.94-1.19
|
1.18 0.76-1.86
|
0.78 0.40-1.50
|
1.32 1.08-1.61
|
0.87 0.63-1.18
|
0.97 0.80-1.17
|
|
neurological
|
1.08 0.99-1.19
|
1.05 0.68-1.61
|
0.61 0.28-1.30
|
1.06 0.94-1.20
|
1.39 1.01-1.91
|
1.11 0.90-1.36
|
|
Heatwave in 2009
|
|
total ambulance
|
1.16 1.08-1.24
|
1.08 0.86-1.36
|
0.86 0.68-1.08
|
1.14 1.04-1.24
|
1.11 1.01-1.23
|
1.24 1.15-1.34
|
|
cardiac
|
1.13 1.03-1.23
|
---
|
---
|
1.16 0.99-1.35
|
1.06 0.86-1.31
|
1.13 0.10-1.29
|
|
respiratory
|
0.88 0.77-1.01
|
1.05 0.67-1.64
|
0.64 0.22-1.90
|
1.16 0.93-1.45
|
0.78 0.55-1.10
|
0.73 0.59-0.92
|
|
neurological
|
1.02 0.92-1.12
|
0.94 0.59-1.49
|
0.98 0.56-1.72
|
1.00 0.88-1.14
|
1.35 0.97-1.89
|
0.98 0.78-1.24
|
- Incidence rate ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the effects of previous heatwaves, the 2008 and the 2009 heatwave, by age groups and health-specific effects. Empty cells indicate insufficient data to produce reliable estimates.
