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Table 2 Minimum YLL temperature (MYT) and attributable YLL (95%CI) rate associated with non-optimal temperatures by development level

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

Subgroups

MYT [°C, MYP (%)]

Extreme cold effect

Extreme heat effect

HDR

LDR

HDR

LDR

HDR

LDR

Nationwide

28.8(92.9)

28.3(92.5)

5.0(3.8–6.3)

6.7(5.5–7.9)

0.3(0.1–0.5)

0.4(0.2–0.6)

Northern China

0.8(28.8)

24.1(92.3)

3.8(2.4–5.3)

4.9(0.4–9.3)

1.0(−1.6–3.6)

0.7(0.2–1.3)

Southern China

29.1(93.5)

28.8(92.4)

5.8(4.4–7.2)

6.5(5.3–7.7)

0.2(0.0–0.5)

0.3(0.1–0.5)

Age 0–64

29.0(93.4)

28.9(94.3)

1.9(0.7–3.2)

2.6(1.8–3.5)

0.1(− 0.1–0.2)

0.1(0.0–0.2)

Age65+

28.5(92.0)

27.7(90.5)

35.5(29.2–41.9)

44.7(38.8–50.6)

2.4(1.3–3.4)

3.0(2.0–4.0)

Males

29.1(93.7)

28.7(93.7)

5.8(3.7–8.0)

7.6(6.1–9.0)

0.2(0.0–0.4)

0.3(0.1–0.5)

Females

28.5(92.0)

27.4(89.4)

4.0(2.4–5.5)

5.7(4.4–6.9)

0.4(0.2–0.7)

0.5(0.2–0.8)

Cardiovascular diseases

28.6(92.3)

28.3(92.5)

2.2(1.5–2.8)

3.3(2.8–3.8)

0.2(0.1–0.3)

0.2(0.1–0.3)

Respiratory diseases

28.4(91.7)

27.7(90.5)

0.7(0.4–1.0)

0.9(0.6–1.1)

0.0(0.0–0.1)

0.1(0.0–0.1)

  1. Notes: MYT Minimum YLL rate temperature, MYP Minimum YLL rate percentile of the daily temperature
  2. Extreme cold: 2.5th percentile of temperature distribution; nationwide: −8.2 °C, northern China: − 18.0 °C, southern China: 2.4 °C
  3. Extreme heat: 97.5th percentile of temperature distribution; nationwide: 30.3 °C, northern China: 26.6 °C, southern China: 30.6 °C