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. 2009 Aug 22;9:133. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-133

Table 1.

Season averages of weekly meteorological data, proportions of positive specimens and numbers of death

Whole year Autumn Winter Spring Summer

Variables Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Temperature 23.7 (4.7) 25.6 (2.7) 17.6 (2.4) 22.9 (3.0) 28.6 (1.1)
Humidity 78.0 (7.8) 74.5 (8.3) 74.1 (8.9) 82.0 (5.2) 81.3 (3.9)

Virus isolation (%)
 Influenza 10.1 (10.1) 2.0 (2.7) 13.2 (14.0) 13.0 (9.0) 12.0 (6.2)
 RSV 8.8 (6.8) 8.7 (7.1) 3.0 (3.3) 10.6 (5.7) 12.8 (6.4)
 Adenovirus 4.2 (3.4) 3.7 (2.9) 4.1 (2.7) 4.2 (3.9) 4.9 (3.8)
 PIV-1 1.5 (2.6) 2.4 (3.4) 2.3 (3.2) 0.5 (0.8) 0.6 (1.2)
 PIV-2 0.3 (0.6) 0.5 (0.7) 0.3 (0.5) 0.1 (0.4) 0.3 (0.5)
 PIV-3 2.8 (2.1) 2.9 (2.5) 2.4 (1.9) 3.2 (2.0) 2.6 (2.0)

Mortality
 All-cause
  All ages 623.3 (65.1) 572.7 (38.6) 682.6 (59.4) 644.7 (58.2) 593.4 (34.2)
  65+ 468.5 (61.3) 420.0 (38.3) 524.6 (56.7) 488.0 (53.2) 441.3 (31.0)
 CRD
  All ages 278.4 (48.8) 238.8 (21.9) 321.5 (46.3) 296.5 (46.7) 256.8 (23.5)
  65+ 242.7 (45.0) 205.8 (20.9) 284.9 (41.4) 258.4 (41.9) 221.7 (19.9)
 P&I
  All ages 65.0 (15.8) 56.8 (13.4) 70.4 (15.4) 67.0 (15.6) 65.9 (15.4)
  65+ 59.5 (14.3) 52.2 (12.4) 64.8 (13.5) 61.1 (14.3) 59.9 (14.1)
 COPD
  All ages 40.7 (12.2) 30.4 (5.9) 47.2 (13.1) 47.3 (11.3) 38.1 (7.8)
  65+ 37.1 (11.3) 27.4 (5.6) 43.8 (11.9) 43.0 (10.6) 34.3 (6.9)
 Cerebrovascular
  All ages 61.9 (13.5) 55.0 (9.2) 72.2 (12.6) 66.0 (13.5) 54.5 (8.9)
  65+ 52.8 (12.6) 46.0 (8.6) 61.7 (11.7) 57.2 (12.6) 46.0 (8.6)
 IHD
  All ages 62.4 (13.9) 54.2 (8.5) 74.5 (14.3) 65.5 (13.0) 55.6 (7.6)
  65+ 53.6 (12.8) 46.0 (7.6) 65.7 (12.7) 55.8 (12.0) 47.0 (6.9)