Table 1.

Study populations and emergency hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory causes among residents ≥ 15 years of age in the eight cities of the MED-PARTICLES project.

Citya	Study period	Population		Cardiovascular admissions			Respiratory admissions
		Date	n	n	n per 1,000 person-years	Daily mean	n	n per 1,000 person-years	Daily mean
aCities are ordered by latitude, north to south. bEmilia Romagna includes Parma, Reggio Emilia, and Modena.
Milan	2006–2010	1 January 2008	1,299,633	71,779	11.0	39.3	34,427	5.3	18.9
Turin	2006–2010	1 January 2008	908,263	48,967	10.8	26.8	21,761	4.8	11.9
Emilia Romagnab	2008–2010	1 January 2009	529,699	19,717	12.4	18.0	10,164	6.4	9.3
Bologna	2006–2010	1 January 2008	372,256	34,568	18.6	18.9	14,103	7.6	7.7
Marseille	2001–2003	Census 1999	796,525	46,905	19.6	42.8	18,069	7.6	16.5
Rome	2006–2010	1 January 2008	2,718,768	153,176	11.3	83.9	53,825	4.0	29.5
Barcelona	2003–2010	1 January 2007	1,595,110	151,426	11.9	51.8	139,062	10.9	47.6
Madrid	2004–2009	1 January 2007	3,132,503	201,041	13.5	115.9	167,850	11.3	96.7
Total	—	—	11,352,757	727,579	12.6	51.4	459,261	7.9	32.5