Table 1. Summary of the study periods, number of deaths and temperature distributions in the 12 countries/regions.

Country/region	Number of communities	Period	No. Deaths	Mean temperature (°C)
				Mean	Standard deviation
Australia	3	1988–2009	1,184,154	18.1	4.3
Brazil	18	1997–2011	3,435,535	24.2	2.2
Thailand	62	1999–2008	1,827,853	27.6	2.1
China	6	2002–2011	639,348	18.2	8.6
Taiwan	3	1994–2007	688,394	24.0	4.6
South Korea	7	1992–2010	1,511,996	13.7	9.2
Japan	7	1972–2009	4,023,393	14.8	8.3
Italy	10	1987–2010	816,478	15.2	7.3
Spain	51	1990–2010	3,480,531	15.5	6.2
United Kingdom	10	1993–2006	7,573,716	10.4	5.2
United States	108	1987–2000	10,395,583	14.8	8.5
Canada	21	1986–2009	2,517,428	6.5	10.5
International	306	1972–2011	38,094,409	– – –	– – –