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Table 1 Observed counts of ED visits, ambulance calls and deaths during the heat wave and during the same period in previous years

From: Emergency department visits, ambulance calls, and mortality associated with an exceptional heat wave in Sydney, Australia, 2011: a time-series analysis

 

Observed (2011)

Average observed (2007-2010)

ED visits

  

All-cause

34,197

30,092

Heat effects

104

13.5

Dehydration

236

81.3

Ambulance calls*

  

All-cause

8609

7155

Heat exposure

116

8.0

Deaths

  

All-cause

814

682

  1. *Sydney only
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Environmental Health

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