Table 1.
Percentage increase in daily mortality for a 1°C decrease below the threshold and a 1°C increase above the threshold by geographic region, China, 2006–2011
| Regions | Communities (n) | Regional estimates (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold effect | Heat effect | ||
| East | 16 | 2.92 (2.46 to 3.38) | 1.19 (0.79 to 1.58) |
| Central | 9 | 4.55 (2.99 to 6.14) | 1.25 (0.71 to 1.79) |
| North | 8 | 5.46 (3.40 to 7.56) | 1.09 (0.72 to 1.46) |
| Northeast | 7 | 1.88 (1.31 to 2.46) | 1.74 (−0.40 to 3.93) |
| Northwest | 8 | 2.38 (0.85 to 3.94) | 0.55 (−0.04 to 1.15) |
| South | 7 | 4.44 (3.59 to 5.29) | 1.38 (0.54 to 2.23) |
| Southwest | 11 | 3.49 (2.63 to 4.36) | 1.24 (0.85 to 1.62) |
| All communities | 66 | 3.44 (3.00 to 3.88) | 1.04 (0.90 to 1.18) |