Table 2 Average annual loss (AAL) and probable maximum loss (PML) at given return period for two age groups during 1971–2015. The numbers in parentheses indicate mortality loss at 95% confidence interval
From: Mortality effects of heat waves vary by age and area: a multi-area study in China
Age | Studied areas | Heat wave mortality loss (per million) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
AAL | 1/50a | 1/100a | ||
0–64a | I | 0.2 (0, 1.3) | 0.9 (0, 5.0) | 1.1 (0, 6.2) |
II | 0.9 (0, 3.3) | 3.0 (0, 8.9) | 3.6 (0, 9.9) | |
III | 0.1 (0, 0.7) | 0.5 (0, 2.6) | 0.6 (0, 3.2) | |
65–a | I | 38.0 (3.8, 72.2) | 162.0 (58.2, 273.4) | 189.9 (75.9, 322.8) |
II | 61.3 (30.6, 91.9) | 163.7 (84.9, 244.3) | 183.9 (94.6, 271.5) | |
III | 18.7 (7.3, 30.0) | 73.3 (38.7, 110.0) | 86.0 (46.0, 127.3) | |
Allb | I | 3.2 (0.3, 6.9) | 13.6 (4.6, 26.2) | 16.0 (6.0, 31.2) |
II | 7.8 (3.5, 13.4) | 21.4 (9.7, 35.8) | 24.2 (10.8, 39.8) | |
III | 2.9 (1.1, 5.1) | 11.4 (5.8, 18.7) | 13.4 (6.9, 21.8) | |