Table 2.
Annual mean values (± SD) across 1,938 New Jersey census tracts for all natural-cause mortality, annual mean PM2.5, mean summer temperature, and mean winter temperature.
| Variable | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death counts per census tract per year (all age groups) | 34.3 ± 23.9 | 34.2 ± 23.7 | 29.2 ± 22.5 | 28.7 ± 21.6 | 30.2 ± 21.3 | 32.0 ± 22.6 |
| Death counts per census tract per year (age > 65) | 26.4 ± 21.2 | 26.5 ± 21.0 | 22.2 ± 19.8 | 22.2 ± 19.1 | 23.2 ± 19.1 | 24.6 ± 20.2 |
| Death counts per census tract per year (age ≤ 65) | 7.9 ± 5.4 | 7.7 ± 5.2 | 7.0 ± 5.1 | 6.6 ± 4.7 | 7.0 ± 4.6 | 7.4 ± 4.7 |
| Annual PM2.5 (μg/m3) | 12.3 ± 1.0 | 12.8 ± 1.2 | 11.7 ± 0.9 | 11.6 ± 1.0 | 10.6 ± 0.8 | 9.1 ± 0.7 |
| Summer temperaturea (°C) | 18.1 ± 0.6 | 20.3 ± 0.8 | 19.1 ± 0.7 | 18.4 ± 0.7 | 18.6 ± 0.8 | 17.3 ± 0.7 |
| Winter temperaturea (°C) | 4.3 ± 0.7 | 5.0 ± 0.7 | 7.8 ± 0.6 | 5.9 ± 0.7 | 6.7 ± 0.7 | 5.7 ± 0.8 |
| aSummer (winter) temperature is an average of the predicted daily temperatures across all 1 km × 1 km grids in a given census tract during June, July, and August (January, February, and December) in a given year. | ||||||