Table 1. Study period, population size, percentage of elderly, mean of daily maximum apparent temperature during the warm season, deaths attributable to heat per year, by city.
City | Study period | Population | % over 75 | Max AT (°C) | AD per year** |
Athens | 1992–1996 | 3188305 | 6.4 | 27.6 | 230 |
Barcelona | 1992–2000 | 1512971 | 10.1 | 23.3* | 290 |
Budapest | 1992–2001 | 1797222 | 7.3 | 21.8 | 399 |
Dublin | 1990–2000 | 481854 | 5.3 | 14.7 | 0 |
Helsinki | 1990–2000 | 955143 | 5 | 14.3 | 11 |
Ljubljana | 1992–1999 | 263290 | 5.9 | 20.1 | 13 |
London | 1992–2000 | 6796900 | 6.8 | 18 | 142 |
Milan | 1990–2000 | 1304942 | 9.5 | 25.4 | 95 |
Paris | 1991–1998 | 6161393 | 6.1 | 19.5 | 423 |
Prague | 1992–2000 | 1183900 | 7 | 17.8 | 72 |
Rome | 1992–2000 | 2812573 | 7.3 | 26 | 388 |
Stockholm | 1900–2000 | 1173183 | 8.5 | 15.3 | 21 |
Turin | 1991–1999 | 901010 | 9.2 | 23.4 | 121 |
Valencia | 1995–2000 | 739004 | 7.2 | 29.5 | 72 |
Zurich | 1990–1996 | 990000 | 7.8 | 19 | 29 |
Note: % over 75 = percentage of the population over 75 years of age; Max AT = mean of daily maximum apparent temperature during the warm season (April to September); AD per year = deaths attributable to heat per year (rounded values).
Mean of daily mean apparent temperature.
Results from Baccini et al. (2011).