Table 1.
Summary statistics of daily mortality counts.
| Mean ± SD
|
Minimum, maximum
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangkok | Hong Kong | Shanghai | Wuhan | Bangkok | Hong Kong | Shanghai | Wuhan | |
| All natural causes | ||||||||
| All ages | 94.8 ± 12.1 | 84.2 ± 12.8 | 119.0 ± 22.5 | 61.0 ± 15.8 | 29, 147 | 48, 135 | 51, 198 | 25, 213 |
| ≥ 65 years | 34.3 ± 6.7 | 65.4 ± 11.6 | 99.6 ± 20.6 | 43.8 ± 13.4 | 13, 63 | 34, 113 | 46, 175 | 18, 159 |
| ≥ 75 years | 21.3 ± 5.2 | 43.6 ± 9.5 | 71.5 ± 16.7 | 25.7 ± 9.5 | 6, 50 | 17, 82 | 33, 129 | 6, 106 |
| Cardiovascular | 13.4 ± 4.3 | 23.8 ± 6.5 | 44.2 ± 11.0 | 27.8 ± 8.8 | 1, 28 | 6, 54 | 11, 85 | 8, 94 |
| Respiratory | 8.1 ± 3.1 | 16.2 ± 5.2 | 14.3 ± 6.4 | 7.0 ± 5.8 | 1, 20 | 3, 34 | 3, 45 | 0, 125 |
Study period: Bangkok, 1999–2003; Hong Kong, 1996–2002; and Shanghai and Wuhan, both 2001–2004.