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Table 1 Number of heat stroke hospital admissions on heat wave days (primary definition) and matched non-heat wave days by age group

From: Heat stroke admissions during heat waves in 1,916 US counties for the period from 1999 to 2010 and their effect modifiers

Age group

Heat wave days

Matched non-heat wave days

65–74

331

27

75–84

450

39

>84

349

26