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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the investigated groups in Rome and Stockholm, 2000-2008

From: The effect of heat waves on mortality in susceptible groups: a cohort study of a mediterranean and a northern European City

  

Average size of group 2000-2008

Mortality (daily number of deaths)

 

Group

Average size

% Women

N total

Mean

Median

Min

Max

Rome

CHF

17,668

49.9

6,820

6.1

6

0

20

 

COPD

17,235

46.8

4,150

3.7

4

0

12

 

DIABETES

49,233

48.5

8,719

7.8

8

0

20

 

MI

7,045

30.9

1,190

1.1

1

0

6

 

PSYCHIATRIC

22,837

68.1

4,437

4.0

4

0

14

 

LR

1,011,766

56.6

47,180

42.6

41

20

89

 

TOTAL

1,106,511

56.2

68,753

61.6

60

33

124

 

Group

Mean

% women

N total

Mean

Median

Min

Max

Stockholm

CHF

20,463

54.3

12,324

11.0

11

0

24

 

COPD

3,811

58.6

2,370

2.1

2

0

8

 

DIABETES

16,955

46.1

5,636

5.1

5

0

13

 

MI

5,591

40.0

1,813

1.6

1

0

7

 

PSYCHIATRIC

11,012

43.8

1,712

1.5

1

0

8

 

LR

465,232

55.1

24,157

21.8

22

8

39

 

TOTAL

512,964

54.5

41,778

37.7

38

21

63

  1. CHF-Congestive Heart Failure.
  2. COPD-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
  3. MI-Survivors to Myocardial Infarction.
  4. LR-Low Risk Subgroup.