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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the analyzed deaths in people ≥ 18 years-old in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area from 2004–2019

From: Short-term exposure to PM2.5 and 1.5 million deaths: a time-stratified case-crossover analysis in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area

Characteristic

Frequency

All non-accidental deaths

1,479,950 (100%)

Age group

 Elderly 65 + 

927,795 (62.7%)

 Adults 18–64

552,155 (37.3%)

Sex

 Men

751,804 (50.8%)

 Women

728,146 (49.2%)

Education level

 Primary School

731,468 (49.4%)

 Mid-High School

340,172 (23%)

 No education

191,426 (12.9%)

 College

153,100 (10.3%)

 Unspecified

63,784 (4.3%)

Health insurance affiliation

 Health social security affiliation

928,678 (62.8%)

 No health social security affiliation

496,491 (33.5%)

 Unspecified

54,781 (3.7%)

Job category

 Does not apply before 2013

738,294 (49.9%)

 Not employed

477,573 (32.3%)

 Sales workers

53,918 (3.6%)

 Unspecified

48,332 (3.3%)

 Craft and related trades workers

47,834 (3.2%)

 Professionals and technicians

44,423 (3%)

 Plant and machine operators

21,727 (1.5%)

 Agricultural, forestry and fishery

12,926 (0.9%)

 Personal services

11,337 (0.8%)

 Clerical support

9,581 (0.6%)

 Elementary occupations

9,475 (0.6%)

 Managers

4,530 (0.3%)

PM2.5 (μg/m3)

 Mean (SD)

24.6 (10.8)

 Median [Min, Max]

23.4 [0.200, 202]

Ambient temperature (°C)

 Mean (SD)

16.6 (2.58)

 Median [Min, Max]

16.8 [3.30, 24.1]