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Table 1 Number and overall rate of summer hospitalizations of heat-stress illness (per 100,000 population) over the 28-year study period by rural/urban stratification (RUCC1–metropolitan urbanized (> 1 million population); RUCC2–metropolitan urbanized (< 1 million population); RUCC3–non-metropolitan urbanized; RUCC 4–less urbanized; RUCC5–thinly populated) and by age categories

From: Hospitalizations for heat-stress illness varies between rural and urban areas: an analysis of Illinois data, 1987–2014

RUCC

Counties

(N)

<10y

Count (rate)

10–19y

Count (rate)

20–29y

Count (rate)

30–39y

Count (rate)

40–49y

Count (rate)

50–59y

Count (rate)

60–69y

Count (rate)

70–79y

Count (rate)

≥80 y

Count (rate)

All

Count (rate)

RUCC1 – metropolitan, (> 1 million pop.)

17

79 (0.05)

270 (0.16)

137 (0.07)

409 (0.22)

614 (0.36)

706 (0.53)

726 (0.79)

1114 (1.87)

1454 (4.11)

5510 (0.453)

RUCC2 – metropolitan (< 1 million pop.)

19

26 (0.09)

79 (0.25)

53 (0.17)

78 (0.25)

123 (0.39)

157 (0.60)

151 (0.78)

176 (1.30)

187 (2.18)

1029 (0.458)

RUCC3 – non-metropolitan urbanized

15

7 (0.05)

61 (0.37)

38 (0.24)

68 (0.43)

82 (0.50)

111 (0.80)

74 (0.67)

124 (1.51)

141 (2.61)

706 (0.594)

RUCC4 – less urbanized

42

16 (0.08)

121 (0.57)

58 (0.31)

155 (0.74)

155 (0.70)

178 (0.96)

181 (1.20)

194 (1.71)

268 (3.61)

1325 (0.850)

RUCC5 – thinly populated

9

0 (0.00)

8 (0.71)

11 (1.26)

11 (1.08)

12 (1.04)

11 (1.07)

15 (1.61)

17 (2.48)

11 (2.86)

98 (1.158)

All

102

128 (0.05)

539 (0.22)

298 (0.12)

721 (0.28)

986 (0.41)

1164 (0.60)

1146 (0.83)

1624 (1.74)

2061 (3.60)

8667 (0.503)