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Table 3 Temporal variation in Relative Risks (RR) before and after heat wave of 2003

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

Period

CHF

COPD

Diabetes

Psychiatric

MI

LR

Total

Rome

       

2000–02

1.14 (0.92–1.35)

1.15 (0.88–1.50)

1.18 (0.99–1.41)

1.20 (0.93–1.55)

1.23 (0.78–1.96)

1.27 (1.20–1.36)

1.27 (1.21–1.34)

2005–08

1.06 (0.91–1.23)

1.30 (1.10–1.53)

1.22 (1.08–1.39)

1.06 (0.89–1.27)

0.87 (0.59–1.29)

1.15 (1.08–1.22)

1.19 (1.14–1.25)

Stockholm

      

2000–02

1.01 (0.88–1.15)

0.97 (0.71–1.33)

0.98 (0.80–1.20)

1.40 (0.98–2.01)

1.19 (0.85–1.68)

1.06 (0.97–1.17)

1.08 (1.00–1.16)

2005–08

1.16 (1.05–1.28)

1.22 (0.98–1.53)

1.21 (1.05–1.40)

1.15 (0.90–1.48)

1.30 (1.00–1.68)

1.05 (0.97–1.13)

1.11 (1.05–1.18)

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