Table 2.
Attributable fractions of cause-specific mortality by country/region Empirical confidence interval), DTR: Diurnal temperature range.
| Attributable Mortality Fractions (95% eCI.) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-accidental | Cardiovascular-related | Respiratory-related | |||||||||||
| Country/Region | Periods | Temper-ature | Extreme cold | Extreme hot | DTR | Temper-ature | Extreme cold | Extreme hot | DTR | Temper-ature | Extreme cold | Extreme hot | DTR |
| Japan | 1972–2009 | 9.38 (9.01, 9.72) | 0.82 (0.79, 0.85) | 0.15 (0.14, 0.17) | 0.58 (0.53, 0.63) | 15.8 (15.29, 16.30) | 1.15 (1.11, 1.18) | 0.26 (0.24, 0.29) | 0.73 (0.94, 0.82) | 8.2 (7.27, 8.99) | 0.9 (0.81, 0.96) | 0.23 (0.21, 0.25) | 0.43 (0.33, 0.52) |
| Korea | 1992–2010 | 10.33 (7.86, 12.38) | 0.47 (0.29, 0.62) | 0.14 (0.06, 0.21) | 0.8 (0.33, 1.26) | 15.62 (11.70, 18.93) | 0.79 (0.53, 1.00) | 0.19 (0.05, 0.32) | 0.9 (0.02, 1.73) | 14.88 (5.77, 21.36) | 0.39 (−0.34, 0.82) | 0.5 (0.30, 0.66) | 0.16 (−0.57, 0.86) |
| Chinese Taiwan | 1994–2009 | 6.91 (5.41, 8.29) | 0.99 (0.75, 1.18) | 0.28 (0.16, 0.36) | 0.05 (−0.18, 1.12) | 11.64 (6.71, 16.05) | 1.42 (1.11, 1.64) | 0.26 (−0.01, 0.46) | 1.21 (−0.15, 2.55) | 10.11 (1.69, 16.59) | 1.38 (0.85, 1.74) | 0.85 (0.60, 1.05) | 0 (−1.68, 1.79) |
| Vietnam | 2009–2013 | 11.38 (3.22, 18.95) | 0.13 (−0.37, 0.50) | 0.9 (0.44, 1.27) | −1.02 (−5.70, 3.44) | 21.38 (8.28, 31.49) | 0.39 (−0.39, 0.79) | 1.28 (0.50, 1.86) | 0.1 (−4.27, 4.02) | 30.44 (−456.47, 55.51) | −0.12 (−235.31, 1.20) | 0.11 (−1.88, 0.23) | 1.62 (−11.32, 12.78) |
| The Philippines | 2006–2010 | 6.37 (3.60, 8.94) | 0.36 (0.02, 0.59) | 0.68 (0.52, 0.80) | 1.28 (−0.10, 2.48) | 2.86 (−4.88, 8.04) | 0.01 (−0.71, 0.39) | 0.31 (−0.01, 0.59) | 0.84 (−1.12, 2.86) | 15.16 (4.36, 23.17) | 0.67 (−0.08, 1.41) | 1.13 (0.74, 1.41) | 1.23 (−1.49, 3.68) |
| Total | 9.36 (8.98, 9.69) | 0.8 (0.77, 0.83) | 0.16 (0.14, 0.18) | 0.59 (0.53, 0.65) | 15.63 (15.04, 16.11) | 1.13 (1.08, 1.16) | 0.26 (0.24, 0.29) | 0.75 (0.65, 0.84) | 8.63 (6.93, 9.39) | 0.89 (0.18, 0.93) | 0.26 (0.23, 0.28) | 0.42 (0.31, 0.52) | |
*Model for respiratory mortality in Vietnam could not be converged because of lack of ‘sample size.
*Extreme cold and extreme hot temperatures were defined as <2.5th and >97.5th percentiles of temperature distribution, respectively.