Table 2. Increase in admissions for respiratory and infectious diseases during the hot season (June to September), by sex and age, in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, 1998–2009.
Characteristic | Respiratory diseases |
Infectious diseases |
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Increasea (95% CI) | P | Increasea (95% CI) | P | ||
Sex | |||||
Male | 7.5 (5.0 to 10.0) | < 0.0001 | 3.0 (0.1 to 6.0) | 0.041 | |
Female | 7.5 (4.4 to 10.6) | < 0.0001 | 6.0 (3.0 to 9.0) | 0.0002 | |
Age (years) | |||||
< 15 | 19.5 (12.9 to 26.4) | < 0.0001 | 3.7 (0.2 to 7.4) | 0.038 | |
15–59 | 8.2 (4.0 to 12.6) | 0.0001 | 0.9 (–2.7 to 4.1) | 0.60 | |
60–74 | 7.1 (3.4 to 11.1) | 0.0002 | 2.6 (–2.0 to 7.3) | 0.26 | |
≥ 75 | 4.9 (1.9 to 8.0) | 0.0014 | 9.6 (5.6 to 13.8) | 0.0001 |
CI, confidence interval.
a This represents the percentage increase in hospitalizations for every increase of 1 °C above 28.5 °C in mean daily outdoor temperature.