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Table 2 Total counts of emergency department visits during May to October in five US cities. Daily average counts are provided in parentheses

From: Time-series analysis of daily ambient temperature and emergency department visits in five US cities with a comparison of exposure metrics derived from 1-km meteorology products

 

Atlanta 1993–2012

Los Angeles 2005–2016

Phoenix 2008–2016

San Francisco 2005–2016

Salt Lake City 2005–2016

Fluid and electrolyte imbalance

593,202 (162)

1,447,202 (655)

321,448 (194)

548,596 (248)

108,112 (49)

Acute renal injury

131,444 (36)

392,949 (179)

70,735 (8)

139,685 (63)

17,035 (8)

Circulatory diseases

2,289,447 (622)

4,637,289 (2100)

875,401 (529)

1,909,559 (865)

229,422 (104)

Respiratory diseases

1,971,681 (536)

3,130,345 (1418)

715,187 (432)

1,315,687 (596)

193,141 (87)

Gastrointestinal infections

54,712 (15)

95,024 (43)

17,151 (10)

37,574 (17)

8406 (4)

Heat-related illness

12,332 (3)

9484 (4)

5986 (4)

3081 (1)

685 (0)