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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2023 Oct 10;181:108258. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108258

Table 1.

Environmental and mortality data relative to the warm period only (defined as the six warmest consecutive months in each city): data by country.

Country N.cities Period
Mortality
Air temperature
PM10*
PM2.5
O3
NO2§
N. deaths daily mean daily mean 75th-99th percentiles daily mean SD daily mean SD daily mean SD daily mean SD

Australia 3 2000 2009 241,720 46 21 24 29 20 10 7 5 33 11 17 9
Brazil 1 1997 2011 433,127 171 22 24 27 37 14 85 38
Canada 25 1995 2015 1,172,352 13 15 19 26 19 12 8 7 81 31 21 13
Chile 3 2004 2014 144,477 32 17 19 25 45 26 20 13 18 15
China 14 1996 2015 567,084 48 23 27 32 90 55 50 34 45 23
Colombia 1 1998 2013 183,207 63 14 15 16 62 20 30 10
Cyprus 5 2005 2019 33,777 3 26 28 33 41 41 18 24 23 10
Czech Republic 1 1995 2009 95,671 35 15 19 25 30 16 96 27 28 9
Ecuador 1 2014 2018 21,987 24 16 16 19 15 5 25 7
Estonia 4 2002 2020 54,359 5 13 17 24 16 11 6 4 52 16 10 9
Finland 1 1995 2014 60,750 17 13 17 24 17 14 14 12 8 6
France 20 2000 2017 914,028 14 18 21 28 20 9 12 7 20 11
Germany 12 1995 2015 1,341,855 29 16 19 26 23 13 12 6 74 32 27 12
Greece 1 2001 2010 137,232 75 25 29 33 45 19 23 10 93 22 51 17
Iceland 1 2002 2018 10,364 3 9 11 15 17 14
Iran 1 2002 2015 315,677 132 26 29 35 88 51 87 73
Israel 4 2000 2020 184,415 12 25 28 31 43 59 17 17 19 12
Italy 18 2006 2015 376,961 12 22 25 31 27 12 92 27
Japan 49 1995 2019 2,531,598 26 23 27 31 31 17 13 8 84 32 15 9
Kuwait 1 2010 2016 15,903 12 36 39 43 220 202
Malta 1 2006 2019 18,816 8 24 27 31 39 15 18 8 36 15
Mexico 9 2000 2012 857,491 58 21 23 31 50 24 27 11 117 48
Norway 1 2000 2018 36,656 11 12 15 22 18 8 9 4
Peru 1 2010 2014 88,703 97 21 22 24 82 26 25 11
Portugal 6 1995 2018 461,206 24 20 23 30 24 16 10 7 79 24 16 13
Puerto Rico 1 2009 2016 13,241 9 28 29 30 30 18
Romania 8 2008 2016 174,385 14 19 23 29 28 14 13 7 22 12
South Africa 7 2004 2013 478,780 55 21 23 27 44 28 25 18 73 29
South Korea 7 1999 2015 810,954 37 22 25 30 46 24 74 31 40 18
Spain 51 2001 2014 768,533 7 21 24 30 29 15 13 8 78 23 26 12
Sweden 1 1995 2010 71,764 24 14 17 23 14 7 8 5 69 19 27 11
Switzerland 8 1995 2013 110,620 4 16 20 26 21 11 15 8 91 36 29 15
Taiwan 3 1995 2014 523,614 47 28 29 31 50 23 27 13 115 42 36 14
Thailand 18 1999 2008 404,853 13 29 30 33 44 24 21 12
United Kingdom 123 1995 2018 2,138,448 7 15 17 22 20 10 11 4 24 13
United States 209 1995 2006 6,835,990 16 21 26 32 28 15 13 8 93 35 27 16
*

Canada 8 cities, Colombia 2001–2013, Mexico 7 cities, Portugal 5 cities, Romania 3 cities, South Africa 6 cities, Spain 42 cities 2001–2014, UK 31 cities, United States 89 cities.

China 3 cities 2013–2015, Chile 2008–2014, Cyprus 2 cities, Estonia 3 cities 2008–2018, Germania 11 cities 2004–2015, Greece 2007–2010, Israel 3 cities, Japan 48 cities, Mexico 2 cities 2003–2012, Portugal 4 cities 2004–2018, Romania 7 cities, South Africa 5 cities, Spain 11 cities, Sweden 2001–2010, Switzerland 4 cities, Taiwan 2007–2014, UK 119 cities, United States 203 cities.

Italy 14 cities, South Africa 6 cities, Spain 49 cities, United States 189 cities. For Japan, ozone data was derived from the measurements of photochemical oxidant, which is primarily ozone (≥90 %), followed by others such as peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and organic hydroperoxides.

§

France 18 cities, Spain 48 cities, UK 36 cities, United States 130 cities.