Table 1.
Summary statistics for monthly weather and number of deaths in Hanoi, Vietnam, 2005–2010
| Percentiles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Min | P25 | Median | P75 | Max | |
| Weather measures | ||||||
| Mean monthly temperature (°C) | 24.5 (4.7) | 13.8 | 20.9 | 25.5 | 28.7 | 30.9 |
| Min monthly temperature (°C) | 22.0 (4.4) | 12.1 | 18.6 | 23.1 | 26.1 | 27.8 |
| Max monthly temperature (°C) | 28.4 (5.1) | 16.3 | 24.1 | 29.5 | 32.9 | 35.5 |
| Rain fall (mm) | 112.2 (132.3) | 0.4 | 8.1 | 40.1 | 191.7 | 550.5 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 78.1 (44.8) | 66.5 | 75.4 | 78.5 | 81 | 87.6 |
| Wind speed | 1.5 (0.2) | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Monthly all-cause deaths | ||||||
| Male | 564.6 (104.5) | 15 | 514 | 553 | 614 | 903 |
| Female | 388.3 (84.2) | 9 | 342 | 368 | 438 | 674 |
| Total | 953.0 (185.3) | 24 | 842 | 927 | 1,024 | 1,577 |
| Monthly deaths among older people | ||||||
| Male | 346.9 (58.5) | 240 | 311.5 | 331 | 384.5 | 606 |
| Female | 316.7 (61.9) | 217 | 278.5 | 299 | 347.5 | 585 |
| Total | 666.1 (121.9) | 497 | 580.5 | 649 | 734.5 | 1,191 |