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. 2012 Dec 17;71:10.3402/ijch.v71i0.19769. doi: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.19769

Table I.

Associations between daily counts of death from sel`es (average for the current day and previous 15 days)

Changes in daily mortality per 1°C

95% Confidence Intervals

Cause of death Gender Number of deaths Temperature % Change* Lower limit Upper limit
Hypertensive disorders (IDC10 codes: I10–I15) Men 188 Mean apparent T −3.4 −10.7 3.9
Minimum apparent T −4.4 −13.1 4.2
Women 132 Mean apparent T 2.0 −4.5 8.5
Minimum apparent T −0.2 −8.0 7.6
Both genders 320 Mean apparent T −0.2 −5.1 4.6
Minimum apparent T −2.0 −7.7 3.7
Ischaemic heart disease (IDC10 codes: I20–I25) Men 2296 Mean apparent T −0.4 −2.6 1.8
Minimum apparent T −0.7 −3.2 1.8
Women 2172 Mean apparent T 0.3 −1.7 2.2
Minimum apparent T 0.2 −2.0 2.6
Both genders 4468 Mean apparent T −0.1 −1.6 1.4
Minimum apparent T −0.3 −2.0 1.5
Cerebrovascular diseases (IDC10 codes: I60–I69) Men 977 Mean apparent T 1.4 −2.2 5.0
Minimum apparent T 1.8 −2.4 6.0
Women 1388 Mean apparent T 0.9 −2.1 3.8
Minimum apparent T 0.3 −3.1 3.7
Both genders 2364 Mean apparent T 1.1 −1.3 3.4
Minimum apparent T 0.9 −1.7 3.6
*

Adjusted for barometric pressure (average for the current day and previous 3 days), wind speed, month, year, holidays and weekends.