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. 2023 Dec 7;131(12):127008. doi: 10.1289/EHP12854

Table 1.

Summary statistics for mortality and emergency ambulance dispatch for the 47 prefectures between 2015 and 2019 in Japan.

Cause All counts Male (%) Female (%) <65 y (%) 65 y (%) Daily mean±SD
All-cause
 Mortality 6,676,551 3,434,144 (51.4) 3,242,407 (48.6) 664,894 (10.0) 6,011,528 (90.0) 77.8 (66.2)
 EADa 28,254,980 14,352,066 (50.8) 13,652,039 (48.3) 11,604,636 (41.4) 16,472,970 (58.3) 330.6 (374.2)
Circulatory
 Mortality 1,731,910 822,052 (47.5) 909,858 (52.5) 140,498 (8.1) 1,591,383 (91.9) 20.2 (17.2)
 EADb 2,367,433 1,255,037 (53.0) 1,108,472 (46.8) 543,573 (23.0) 1,823,860 (77.0) 27.7 (28.2)
Respiratory
 Mortality 990,745 575,776 (58.1) 414,969 (41.9) 26,637 (2.7) 964,106 (97.3) 11.5 (10.4)
 EADc 1,425,928 761,067 (53.4) 662,857 (46.5) 371,451 (26.0) 1,054,477 (74.0) 16.7 (20.2)

Note: EAD data for Tokyo prefecture (main island) is available from 2016 to 2019. EAD, emergency ambulance dispatch; SD, standard deviation.

a

The missing proportion of sex and age groups for all-cause EAD is 0.9% and 0.3%, respectively.

b

The missing proportion of sex groups for circulatory EAD is 0.2%.

c

The missing proportion of sex groups for respiratory EAD is 0.1%.