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Table 1 Nationwide summary statistics by period

From: COVID-19 pandemic modifies temperature and heat-related illness ambulance transport association in Japan: a nationwide observational study

Variables

Pre-COVID-19 pandemic period (2016-2019)

COVID-19 pandemic period (2020)

June

July

August

September

Summer period

June

July

August

September

Summer period

HSAD (n)

2.9 (4.8)

19.9 (33.1)

18.2 (27.8)

3.3 (8.1)

11.2 (23. 7)

4.5 (6.2)

5.8 (9.7)

29.6 (37.2)

5.0 (9.7)

11.3 (22.8)

Maximum Temperature (°C)

26.5 (3.4)

30.9 (3.6)

32.3 (3.3)

27.9 (3.5)

29. 5 (4.2)

27.9 (3.2)

28.2 (3.1)

33.8 (2.7)

28.6 (3.8)

29.6 (4.0)

Relative Humidity (%)

73.7 (12.3)

77.0 (9.1)

73.6 (9.6)

76.6 (10.3)

75.3 (10.5)

75.6 (11.6)

84.5 (7.9)

73.3 (7.4)

76.2 (9.9)

77.4 (10.3)

  1. Values in the cells indicate the mean and the standard deviation enclosed in parentheses
  2. HSAD Heatstroke Ambulance Dispatch, n Number/count, °C Degrees Celsius, % Percent