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. 2015 Jul 25;386(9991):369–375. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62114-0

Table 2.

Attributable mortality by country

Minimum mortality percentile Total Cold Heat
Australia 83th 6·96% (4·27 to 9·51) 6·50% (3·91 to 8·94) 0·45% (0·20 to 0·70)
Brazil 60th 3·53% (3·00 to 4·01) 2·83% (2·34 to 3·30) 0·70% (0·45 to 0·93)
Canada 81st 5·00% (3·83 to 6·07) 4·46% (3·39 to 5·48) 0·54% (0·39 to 0·66)
China 83rd 11·00% (9·29 to 12·47) 10·36% (8·72 to 11·77) 0·64% (0·47 to 0·79)
Italy 79th 10·97% (8·03 to 13·43) 9·35% (6·59 to 11·72) 1·62% (1·24 to 1·98)
Japan 86th 10·12% (9·61 to 10·56) 9·81% (9·32 to 10·22) 0·32% (0·27 to 0·36)
South Korea 89th 7·24% (4·45 to 9·73) 6·93% (4·12 to 9·44) 0·31% (0·15 to 0·45)
Spain 78th 6·52% (5·82 to 7·16) 5·46% (4·79 to 6·07) 1·06% (0·96 to 1·16)
Sweden 93rd 3·87% (−6·20 to 12·93) 3·69% (−6·31 to 12·61) 0·18% (−0·47 to 0·65)
Taiwan 62nd 4·75% (3·26 to 6·06) 3·89% (2·50 to 5·31) 0·86% (0·12 to 1·50)
Thailand 60th 3·37% (3·06 to 3·63) 2·61% (2·31 to 2·88) 0·76% (0·65 to 0·86)
UK 90th 8·78% (8·00 to 9·54) 8·48% (7·72 to 9·25) 0·30% (0·25 to 0·36)
USA 84th 5·86% (5·50 to 6·17) 5·51% (5·17 to 5·82) 0·35% (0·30 to 0·39)
Total 81st 7·71% (7·43 to 7·91) 7·29% (7·02 to 7·49) 0·42% (0·39 to 0·44)

Attributable mortality computed as total and as separate components for cold and heat. Data are median percentile or % (95% empirical CI).