Table 5.
Relative excess cardiovascular mortality with 95% CI (in parentheses) on cold days, defined as days with average (equivalent) temperature above the 90% quantile of the empirical distribution (≤°C), in Prague and southern Bohemia over 1994–2009. Values significantly different from zero are highlighted in bold.
| Urban Region (Prague) | ||||
| Thermal index/Diagnosis | UTCI (≤−21.5 °C) | PET (≤−12.9 °C) | AT (≤−12.1 °C) | T (≤−6.5 °C) |
| CVD | −0.1 (−3.1; 3.0) | 3.4 (0.1; 6.8) | 2.4 (−0.8; 5.7) | 2.4 (−0.9; 5.8) |
| IHD | −0.6 (−5.4; 4.3) | 3.9 (−1.4; 9.4) | 3.8 (−1.3; 9.3) | 2.1 (−3.1; 7.6) |
| CD | 0.9 (−5.0; 7.2) | 4.6 (−2.0; 11.5) | 4.1 (−2.3; 11.0) | 4.6 (−2.0; 11.6) |
| MI | 4.5 (−3.6; 13.3) | 10.6 (1.3; 20.7) | 10.5 (1.4; 20.4) | 7.1 (−2.1; 17.1) |
| CIHD | −3.1 (−8.9; 3.0) | 0.6 (−5.7; 7.3) | 0.5 (−5.8; 7.1) | −0.3 (−6.7; 6.5) |
| ASVD | 1.7 (−4.7; 8.5) | 3.6 (−3.4; 11.1) | 1.4 (−5.2; 8.5) | 2.8 (−4.0; 10.1) |
| Rural Region (Southern Bohemia) | ||||
| Thermal index/Diagnosis | UTCI (≤−19.9 °C) | PET (≤−13.5 °C) | AT (≤−12.4 °C) | T (≤−7.3 °C) |
| CVD | 6.8 (3.5; 10.3) | 3.7 (0.3; 7.3) | 5.1 (1.6; 8.7) | 1.6 (−1.9; 5.2) |
| IHD | 8.3 (3.4; 13.5) | 3.3 (−1.8; 8.5) | 5.7 (0.6; 11.1) | 2.0 (−3.1; 7.4) |
| CD | 10.7 (4.4; 17.3) | 7.0 (0.5; 14.0) | 8.0 (1.4; 15.1) | 2.7 (−3.8; 9.5) |
| MI | 15.2 (7.4; 23.6) | 12.6 (4.4; 21.4) | 17.2 (8.8; 26.2) | 10.6 (2.4; 19.5) |
| CIHD | 2.9 (−3.4; 9.6) | −3.5 (−9.8; 3.2) | −2.7 (−9.1; 4.2) | −4.3 (−10.7; 2.6) |
| ASVD | −1.5 (−10.3; 8.2) | −1.4 (−10.7; 8.8) | −1.7 (−11.1; 8.7) | 1.5 (−7.9; 11.9) |