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Table 1 Non-traumatic mortality characteristics

From: Mortality associated with wildfire smoke exposure in Washington state, 2006–2017: a case-crossover study

Characteristic

N (%)

N (%) with exposure variationa

Total

170,985 (100)

31,719

Age group (years)

 0–4

2279 (1.3)

422 (1.3)

 5–14

661 (0.4)

139 (0.4)

 15–44

4912 (2.9)

934 (3.0)

 45–64

31,956 (18.7)

6062 (19.2)

 65–84

74,200 (43.3)

13,678 (43.2)

 85+

56,977 (33.3)

10,391 (32.9)

Death day of week

 Monday

24,165 (14.1)

4623 (14.6)

 Tuesday

24,202 (14.2)

5035 (15.9)

 Wednesday

24,292 (14.2)

4914 (15.5)

 Thursday

24,507 (14.3)

4675 (14.8)

 Friday

24,902 (14.6)

3858 (12.2)

 Saturday

24,800 (14.5)

4378 (13.8)

 Sunday

24,117 (14.1)

4143 (13.1)

Location

 Non-urban

86,359 (50.5)

13,856 (43.8)

 Urban

84,626 (49.5)

17,770 (56.2)

Median household incomeb

 < $35,000

16,039 (9.4)

3663 (11.6)

 $35,000 - $50,000

41,693 (24.4)

7901 (25.0)

 $50,000 - $75,000

62,703 (36.7)

10,990 (34.7)

 $75,000 - $100,000

24,549 (14.4)

4572 (14.5)

 ≥ $100,000

8156 (4.8)

1442 (4.6)

 Not reported

17,845 (10.4)

3058 (9.7)

Race

 White

154,311 (90.2)

28,309 (89.5)

 Black

4665 (2.7)

883 (2.8)

 Native American

2429 (1.4)

471 (1.5)

 Hispanic

2219 (1.3)

579 (1.8)

 Native Hawaiian/ Other Pacific Islander

1620 (0.9)

329 (1.0)

 Asian

5193 (3.0)

941 (3.0)

 Not reported

548 (0.3)

114 (0.4)

Sex

 Female

86,479 (50.6)

15,893 (50.3)

 Male

84,513 (49.4)

15,732 (49.7)

 Not reported

2 (0)

1 (0)

Underlying cause of death

 Cardiovascular

44,372 (26.0)

8120 (25.7)

  Ischemic heart disease

7912 (4.6)

1477 (4.7)

 Respiratory

13,355 (7.8)

2933 (9.3)

  Asthma

253 (0.1)

46 (0.1)

  COPD

9528 (5.6)

1726 (5.5)

  Pneumonia

2166 (1.3)

377 (1.2)

 Cerebrovascular

3732 (2.2)

708 (2.2)

  1. aPercent of cases, out of all individuals with an event in a referent window with exposure variation
  2. bAnnual median household income estimates at the census tract level