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. 2018 Jan 12;126(1):017004. doi: 10.1289/EHP1745

Figure 4.

Figure 4A shows three line graphs plotting the association between years of life lost (y-axis) and temperature (x-axis) for overall estimates for Phoenix, at 5th percentile (16 degree Celsius) and 95th percentile (42.8 degree Celsius), respectively. Figures 4B and 4C show the same for Philadelphia and Stockholm. The maximum daily temperatures at the 5th and 95th percentile for Philadelphia are 1.1 degree Celsius and 32.2 degree Celsius, respectively. The maximum daily temperatures at the 5th and 95th percentile for Stockholm are negative 2 degree Celsius and 24.5 degree Celsius, respectively.

Association between daily maximum temperature and YLL at high-income study sites. The overall estimates for each location (first column of panels A, B, and C, respectively) show YLL by temperature, cumulative over 14 days. The second and third columns show estimated differences in the YLL at the 5th or 95th percentile of daily maximum temperature, respectively, relative to the YLL at the reference temperature at each site, on the day of death (lag=0) and up to 14 days prior to death. Tmax, daily maximum temperature; YLL, years of life lost. YLL estimates indicate the difference in years of life lost (the difference between life expectancy at the age of death and the age of death) relative to the YLL at the reference temperature for each site (the daily maximum temperature associated with the lowest average daily YLL). Gray shadings represent 95% confidence interval bands of estimates. Note: (A) Phoenix, (B) Philadelphia, and (C) Stockholm.