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Table 1 Summary statistics of daily weather factors, YLL rate and socioeconomic characteristics

From: Comparison of life loss per death attributable to ambient temperature among various development regions: a nationwide study in 364 locations in China

Development level

HDRs

LDRs

Number of locations

92

272

Daily YLL rate (Mean (SD))

 Total population

20.5(13.1)

24.7(16.6)

 Age 0–64

12.0(11.8)

15.0(15.4)

 Age65+

98.7(70.3)

110.9(75.5)

 Males

24.3(19.2)

29.1(23.6)

 Females

16.7(15.4)

20.1(19.9)

 Cardiovascular

7.1(7.0)

8.7(8.5)

 Respiratory

1.7(2.8)

2.6(4.4)

 Northern China

21.0(14.4)

25.7(24.6)

 Southern China

20.1(12.7)

24.5(14.8)

Daily mean temperature (°C)

 Mean (SD)

15.3(10.8)

16.3(9.5)

 Minimum

−30.6

−32.3

 2.5th percentile

−11.7

−6.2

 25th percentile

8.3

10.1

 50th percentile

17.1

17.7

 75th percentile

23.7

23.4

 97.5th percentile

30.6

30.2

 Maximum

35.5

35.6

 Relative humidity [%, Mean (SD)]

71.7(14.5)

73.6(13.7)

Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics

 Population (105)

525.0

1501.5

 Percent population of males [%, Mean (SD)]

50.5(2.3)

51.2(1.2)

 Percent population >65y of age [%, Mean (SD)]

10.3(2.9)

10.2(2.5)

 Percent of urban dweller [%, Mean (SD)]

86.3(14.1)

41.2(14.4)

 Average years of education [Mean (SD)]

10.7(1.0)

8.3(0.8)

 GDP per capita [thousand RMB, Mean (SD)]

55.2(34.1)

24.8(14.2)

  1. Notes: HDRs High-development regions, LDRs Low-development regions, SD Standard deviation, YLL rate Years of life lost per 105 populations, GDP Gross domestic product