Table 2.

Association of annual and seasonal temperature (°C) and precipitation (cm) with annual mortality, Uppsala Domkyrka parish 1749–1859, sex-stratified results

	Men RR (95% CI)	Women RR (95% CI)
Annual climate*
Annual temperature	1.030 (0.960–1.104)	1.042 (0.961–1.130)
Annual precipitation	1.003 (0.997–1.010)	1.004 (0.997–1.011)
Seasonal climate**
Winter temperature	1.011 (0.987–1.036)	1.015 (0.986–1.045)
Winter precipitation	0.987 (0.959–1.017)	0.993 (0.959–1.027)
Spring temperature	0.959 (0.921–1.000)	0.965 (0.919–1.013)
Spring precipitation	0.985 (0.968–1.002)	0.980 (0.960–1.000)
Summer temperature	1.039 (0.989–1.091)	1.058 (0.997–1.122)
Summer precipitation	1.007 (0.994–1.019)	1.007 (0.992–1.023)
Autumn temperature	1.042 (0.986–1.100)	1.021 (0.958–1.088)
Autumn precipitation	1.017 (1.003–1.031)	1.020 (1.004–1.036)

Borderline significant results (p=0.05–0.1) in italics. Significant results (p<0.05) in bold.

^*Annual temperature and precipitation simultaneously included in the model;

^**Seasonal climate: All seasonal climate variables simultaneously included in the model.

RR, relative risk; CI, confidence interval.

RR values below 1.0 indicate higher temperature resp. precipitation leading to decreasing mortality, while values above 1.0 indicate increases in mortality.