Table 1.
City characteristics, mean daily number of deaths by cause (count and % of total), Maximum Apparent Temperature, Minimum Temperature and number of annual heat wave days during summer (June-August) in the study period.
| City | Study period | Population size (65+ years) | All natural deaths | Respiratory deaths | Cardiovascular deaths | Cerebrovascular deaths | Minimum temperature (°C) 90th percentile | Maximum apparent temperature (°C) 90th percentile | Heat wave days | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | All years° | 2003 | all years° | 2003 | all years° | 2003 | |||
| Athens | 1997 - 2004 | 505935 | 62 | 5 (8.1) | 32 (51.6) | 11 (17.7) | 26.4 | 27.3 | 37.8 | 37.6 | 4 - 21 | 11 |
| Barcelona | 1991 - 2004 | 331665 | 30 | 3 (10.0) | 12 (40.0) | 4 (13.3) | 23.2 | 27.0 | 33.1 | 36.8 | 5 - 10 | 43 |
| Budapest | 1992 - 2003 | 300940 | 46 | 2 (4.3) | 28 (60.9) | 7 (15.2) | 21.6 | 22.6 | 31.6 | 32.8 | 3 - 18 | 16 |
| London | 1990 - 2004 | 937000 | 117 | 19 (16.2) | 49 (41.9) | 11 (9.4) | 16.8 | 18.1 | 27.1 | 30.8 | 3 - 27 | 14 |
| Milan | 1990 - 2003 | 281024 | 21 | 2 (9.5) | 9 (42.9) | 3 (14.3) | 22.2 | 25.0 | 36.2 | 42.2 | 3 - 14 | 45 |
| Munich | 1992 - 2004 | 193246 | 24 | 1 (4.2) | 12 (50.0) | 2 (8.3) | 15.9 | 18.1 | 28.3 | 31.9 | 3 - 15 | 30 |
| Paris | 1990 - 2003 | 809061 | 82 | 6 (7.3*) | 28* (34.1) | 7 (8.5*) | 19.1 | 22.4 | 30.9 | 35.0 | 3 - 15 | 18 |
| Rome | 1992 - 2004 | 306570 | 42 | 3 (7.1) | 18 (42.9) | 5 (11.9) | 21.6 | 23.8 | 35.2 | 36.2 | 3 - 15 | 30 |
| Valencia | 1994 - 2003 | 128668 | 12 | 1 (8.3) | 4 (33.3) | 1 (8.3) | 24.2 | 25.6 | 39.9 | 41.7 | 4 - 13 | 32 |
*cause of deaths not available in 2003
° except 2003