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Table 2 Summary of population, air pollution and temperature data by city

From: Air pollution in the week prior to delivery and preterm birth in 24 Canadian cities: a time to event analysis

City

2006 population

PM2.5 (μg/m3)a

NO2 (ppb)a

O3 (ppb)a

SO2 (ppb)a

CO (ppm)a

T (°C)a

N

mean

min

max

n

mean

min

max

n

mean

min

max

n

mean

min

max

n

mean

min

max

n

mean

min

max

St John’s

100,646

3470

4.6

0.0

49.0

3040

7.8

0.1

57.8

3620

25.0

2.1

57.5

3105

2.5

0.0

19.7

3605

0.4

0.0

1.9

3655

6.2

−15.3

24.6

Saint John

68,043

3350

6.8

0.0

109.1

3575

7.4

0.0

59.4

3655

25.0

3.0

72.7

3645

4.4

0.0

63.9

3510

0.5

0.0

3.3

3655

5.6

−23.4

23.6

Fredericton

50,535

3365

5.9

0.0

42.0

3190

4.9

0.0

34.8

3460

24.6

2.4

56.1

0

.

.

.

3470

0.3

0.0

1.9

3645

6.7

−23.8

28.2

Quebec

491,142

3360

10.1

0.0

111.9

3465

12.8

0.4

56.9

3655

21.1

1.0

57.2

3440

2.1

0.0

26.4

3480

0.4

0.0

2.6

3655

5.3

−28.2

28.5

Trois Rivieres

126,323

3540

9.7

0.0

66.3

0

.

.

.

3460

21.2

0.7

58.5

3630

3.0

0.0

36.5

0

.

.

.

3655

6.0

−27.3

28.5

Montreal

1,620,693

3650

11.4

0.0

83.4

3655

18.3

3.8

57.9

3655

19.1

0.9

68.0

3640

4.4

0.0

28.4

3655

0.4

0.0

2.1

3655

7.3

−26.4

29.2

Ottawa

812,129

3435

8.5

0.0

70.0

3575

14.7

0.0

57.0

3635

22.8

0.8

66.2

3640

2.4

0.0

17.0

3640

0.5

0.0

2.0

3655

7.0

−26.7

30.4

Oshawa

141,590

3610

9.8

0.0

63.5

3180

15.3

0.3

52.9

3610

25.1

2.5

66.5

610

3.3

0.0

16.4

365

0.7

0.0

2.1

3655

8.6

−21.0

29.0

Toronto

2,503,281

3655

10.6

0.0

64.9

3650

21.9

4.8

62.3

3650

21.7

2.4

65.6

3650

3.2

0.0

19.6

3645

0.6

0.0

2.5

3655

9.2

−19.6

30.3

Mississauga

668,549

3580

10.1

0.0

67.8

1855

19.8

3.2

58.9

3590

22.6

0.7

75.6

2670

3.4

0.0

42.0

2245

0.7

0.0

2.7

3655

8.9

−20.3

31.5

Brampton

433,806

3070

9.9

0.0

69.2

3035

16.2

1.8

58.1

3085

25.6

0.5

78.5

2365

2.1

0.0

17.4

1590

0.8

0.0

3.0

3655

8.3

−20.5

30.8

Hamilton

504,559

3595

11.5

0.0

64.2

3575

17.7

1.0

62.6

3595

23.8

0.0

84.6

3580

5.1

0.0

35.6

3335

0.5

0.0

2.0

3655

8.2

−19.6

29.6

St. Catharines

131,989

3555

10.2

0.0

63.5

2515

13.9

2.1

77.6

3555

24.3

0.0

81.0

1705

2.9

0.0

19.2

1305

0.3

0.0

1.4

3655

9.7

−15.0

30.0

Kitchener

204,668

3360

9.8

0.0

67.8

3305

12.2

0.8

53.2

3580

26.4

0.8

82.7

2080

2.9

0.0

16.8

1750

0.4

0.0

1.6

3650

7.3

−22.0

30.0

Windsor

216,473

3475

11.9

0.5

68.0

3490

18.4

2.9

55.7

3590

22.7

0.5

76.9

3590

5.9

0.0

30.5

3365

0.4

0.0

2.4

3655

10.6

−16.8

31.5

Winnipeg

633,451

3650

7.1

0.0

36.8

3650

11.8

1.1

39.3

3655

19.9

1.2

51.0

0

.

.

.

3645

0.4

0.0

1.6

3640

4.6

−33.0

30.0

Calgary

988,193

3635

9.1

0.7

90.7

3655

21.3

4.9

63.7

3655

18.9

0.6

51.1

3625

2.1

0.0

14.2

3655

0.5

0.2

2.4

3655

4.9

−31.6

24.7

Edmonton

730,372

3655

9.3

0.0

74.0

3650

20.8

3.2

62.9

3653

18.4

0.5

48.6

0

.

.

.

3655

0.5

0.1

2.7

3655

4.0

−34.7

26.5

Richmond

174,461

3570

6.8

0.0

44.0

3655

16.7

3.6

40.5

3655

15.2

0.3

44.9

3580

1.0

0.0

4.5

3655

0.5

0.1

2.3

3655

10.6

−8.6

24.2

Vancouver

578,041

3565

6.9

1.0

36.3

3655

22.5

4.7

43.2

3655

10.0

0.0

37.5

3655

3.3

0.0

18.1

3655

0.6

0.1

2.4

3655

11.1

−7.0

25.0

Victoria

78,057

3160

7.3

0.0

37.9

2770

11.1

0.5

30.9

3215

17.9

0.2

46.4

2945

1.3

0.0

16.5

3055

0.5

0.0

2.1

3650

10.2

−7.2

26.7

Nanaimo

78,692

3620

5.5

0.0

24.5

865

8.4

1.1

20.1

3600

19.2

0.1

45.0

1055

1.0

0.0

3.8

0

.

.

.

3655

10.4

−11.0

27.0

Kamloops

80,376

3595

6.9

0.0

140.0

3545

10.6

0.1

38.2

3600

20.9

0.0

52.4

3645

0.5

0.0

5.4

2895

0.2

0.0

1.4

3655

9.4

−24.2

29.8

Kelowna

106,707

3590

6.9

0.0

186.0

3345

9.0

0.2

35.3

3615

21.0

0.0

51.1

2915

0.2

0.0

2.8

2915

0.3

0.0

1.7

3650

8.9

−24.2

28.5

  1. a24 h average values