Table 3.
Cardiovascular Disease1,2 | Myocardial Infarction1,2 | Stroke1,2 | Respiratory Disease1,2 | |||||||||
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Rate Difference | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | Rate Difference | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | Rate Difference | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | Rate Difference | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | |
Warm Temp | 3.79 | −12.18 | 16.77 | −3.76 | −7.92 | 0.31 | 0.74 | −2.86 | 4.09 | 62.13 | 51.68 | 73.02 |
Cold Temp | −50.48 | −60.18 | −40.20 | −5.01 | −7.67 | −2.18 | −9.66 | −11.95 | −7.45 | −66.42 | −73.73 | −59.93 |
NO2 | −0.84 | −3.79 | 1.61 | −0.83 | −1.55 | −0.10 | 0.49 | −0.12 | 1.11 | 3.16 | 1.34 | 5.24 |
O3 | 9.08 | 4.78 | 13.19 | 2.23 | 1.12 | 3.37 | 1.18 | 0.24 | 2.13 | 9.51 | 6.59 | 12.13 |
PM2.5 | 47.71 | 41.25 | 56.05 | 7.44 | 5.53 | 9.63 | 1.75 | −0.10 | 3.60 | 18.58 | 12.42 | 23.72 |
All results are presented per 100,000 person-years
Results reflect the effect for each one unit increase in annual exposure levels. For warm and cold-season temperature the units are degrees Celsius. For NO2 and O3, the units are parts per billion (ppb) and for PM2.5 the units are μg/m3