Table 3 Mortality rate (MR), risk difference (RD), adjusted mortality relative risk (RR) and relative effect modification (REM) index for socio-demographic covariates modalities by heat wave. 65-74 and 75+ age groups.
From: Susceptibility to heat wave-related mortality: a follow-up study of a cohort of elderly in Rome
| Â | 65-74 ages | 75+ ages | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Deaths | MR *1000 | RD *1000 | (95% IC) | RR | (95% IC) | REM Index | p-value | Deaths | MR *1000 | RD *1000 | (95% IC) | RR | (95% IC) | REM Index | p-value | ||||
| Â | Heat wave | Heat wave | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Heat wave | Heat wave | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||
| Â | no | yes | no | yes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | no | yes | no | yes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Total | 2753 | 1386 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 1.0 | (0.2; 1.8) | 1.08 | (1.02 - 1.16) | Â | Â | 9427 | 5043 | 47.2 | 54.1 | 6.9 | (5.1; 8.7) | 1.15 | (1.11 - 1.18) | Â | Â |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
75-84 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 5004 | 2595 | 33.2 | 37.0 | 3.8 | (2.1; 5.5) | 1.11 | (1.06 - 1.17) | 1.00 | Â |
85-94 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 3733 | 2048 | 87.8 | 102.4 | 14.7 | (9.4; 19.9) | 1.17 | (1.11 - 1.23) | 1.05 | 0.196 |
95+ | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 690 | 400 | 101.7 | 124.9 | 23.3 | (8.9; 37.7) | 1.23 | (1.08 - 1.39) | 1.10 | 0.149 |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Female | 1124 | 576 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 0.9 | (0.0; 1.8) | 1.11 | (1.00 - 1.22) | 1.00 | Â | 5406 | 3006 | 42.7 | 50.9 | 8.2 | (6.1; 10.3) | 1.19 | (1.14 - 1.24) | 1.00 | Â |
Male | 1629 | 810 | 15.4 | 16.5 | 1.1 | (-0.3; 2.5) | 1.07 | (0.99 - 1.17) | 0.96 | 0.666 | 4021 | 2037 | 54.8 | 59.5 | 4.6 | (1.5; 7.7) | 1.08 | (1.03 - 1.14) | 0.91 | 0.008 |
Marital Status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Married | 1891 | 934 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 0.7 | (-0.3; 1.6) | 1.06 | (0.98 - 1.15) | 1.00 | Â | 3494 | 1771 | 42.2 | 45.5 | 3.3 | (0.7; 5.8) | 1.07 | (1.02 - 1.14) | 1.00 | Â |
Not married, widowed, divorced | 862 | 452 | 11.5 | 13.1 | 1.6 | (0.2; 3.0) | 1.14 | (1.02 - 1.28) | 1.08 | 0.323 | 5933 | 3272 | 50.7 | 60.2 | 9.5 | (7.1; 12.0) | 1.18 | (1.13 - 1.24) | 1.10 | 0.008 |
SES | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Medium/High | 2088 | 1056 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 1.0 | (0.1; 1.8) | 1.09 | (1.01 - 1.18) | 1.00 | Â | 7807 | 4175 | 46.7 | 53.5 | 6.8 | (4.9; 8.8) | 1.14 | (1.10 - 1.19) | 1.00 | Â |
Low | 634 | 320 | 14.4 | 15.6 | 1.3 | (-0.8; 3.3) | 1.09 | (0.95 - 1.25) | 1.00 | 0.999 | 1531 | 838 | 49.7 | 58.1 | 8.4 | (3.7; 13.1) | 1.17 | (1.07 - 1.27) | 1.03 | 0.668 |
Missing | 31 | 10 | 13.7 | 9.5 | -4.2 | (-11.8; 3.4) | 0.69 | (0.34 - 1.40) | 0.64 | 0.202 | 89 | 30 | 46.6 | 33.6 | -13 | (-28.4; 2.5) | 0.72 | (0.48 - 1.10) | 0.63 | 0.031 |