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. 2017 May 19;61(10):1797–1804. doi: 10.1007/s00484-017-1363-8

Table 4.

Risk of dying in winter temperature (lag 0–13 days), per degree Celsius decrease, by age, sex and other demographic parameters during 2004–2013 in Vadu HDSS, India

Characteristics Odds ratio 95% Confidence interval
All deaths 1.06 1.00–1.12
Age 15–67 1.05 0.98–1.13
Age 68–80 1.05 0.94–1.16
Age 80+ 1.13 0.97–1.33
Sex
 Male 1.05 0.98–1.13
 Female 1.05 0.97–1.16
Occupation
 Farming 1.06 0.97–1.16
 House work 1.09 1.00–1.19
 Manufacturing work 0.86 0.64–6.78
 Other 1.06 0.87–1.27
 Service work 1.10 0.84–1.45
Ownership of agricultural land
 High (≥5 acres land) 1.06 0.95–1.19
 Medium (<5 acres land) 1.04 0.95–1.14
 Low (no land) 1.02 0.89–1.16
House Type
 Kachha (poor quality) 1.04 0.94–1.15
 Pucca (high quality) 1.05 0.89–1.16
Education Group
 Low (no or uncompleted primary school) 1.06 0.97–1.16
 Medium (completed primary school) 1.04 0.96–1.14
 High (completed secondary school) 1.08 0.96–1.22