Table 1.
Summary statistics for daily case-specific mortality, PM10 and weather variables during Saharan dust and non-dust days in Madrid, 2003-2005.
| Non-Saharan dust days (n = 878) | Saharan dust days (n = 218) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | (sd) | Min. | P25 | P50 | P75 | Max. | Mean | (sd) | Min. | P25 | P50 | P75 | Max. | |
| Daily deaths | ||||||||||||||
| Organic | 61.5 | (12.2) | 32 | 53 | 60 | 75 | 109 | 59.6 | (10.0) | 34 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 88 |
| Respiratory | 9.6 | (4.5) | 0 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 8.8 | (3.7) | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 22 |
| Circulatory | 18.8 | (5.5) | 5 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 17.9 | (5.0) | 6 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 32 |
| Cerebrovascular | 4.3 | (2.1) | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 4.4 | (2.1) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Particulate matter | ||||||||||||||
| PM10 (μg/m3) | 31.4 | (15.4) | 8 | 19 | 29 | 40 | 117 | 47.7 | (19.1) | 11 | 35 | 46 | 56 | 150 |
| Gaseous pollutants | ||||||||||||||
| NO2 (μg/m3) | 59.7 | (18.6) | 19 | 47 | 57 | 72 | 133 | 60.7 | (14.0) | 28 | 51 | 60 | 72 | 100 |
| SO2 (μg/m3) | 12.2 | (5.8) | 5 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 10.1 | (3.3) | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 25 |
| Ozone (μg/m3) | 33.2 | (17.8) | 5 | 18 | 33 | 48 | 79 | 41.4 | (17.2) | 6 | 29 | 42 | 55 | 89 |
| Weather | ||||||||||||||
| Temperature(°C) | 13.4 | (7.7) | -2.2 | 6.8 | 12.2 | 20.3 | 30.1 | 20.4 | (6.8) | 2.4 | 14.0 | 22.1 | 25.9 | 30.2 |
| Humidity(%) | 56.4 | (20.0) | 13 | 39 | 57 | 74 | 96 | 46.2 | (19.9) | 15 | 28 | 43 | 63 | 94 |