Table 2.

Characteristics of mortality, heat wave, weather and air quality data (2009–2014).

Variable	All Days		Eligible Days * (26 °C < Daily Mean Temperature ≤ 30.5 °C)
	Sum	(%)	Sum	(%)
Total	194,409	100	50,002	100
Sex
Men	109,241	0.56	28,088	56.2
Women	85,168	0.44	21,914	43.8
Age
Age 0–19	2711	1.4	715	1.4
Age 20–64	60,914	31.3	15,675	31.4
Age 65+	130,738	67.3	33,600	67.2
Cause-specific
Cardiovascular disease	38,684	19.9	9917	19.8
Respiratory disease	16,491	8.5	4127	8.3
Job (People age ≥ 19)
White-collar	13,574	7.0	3600	7.2
Blue-collar	22,597	11.6	5676	11.4
Unemployment*	151,520	77.9	38,970	77.9
Education (People age ≥ 19)
None	30,622	15.8	8453	16.9
Elementary	52,077	26.8	13,468	26.9
7th–12th grade	47,046	24.2	12,456	24.9
University or more	56,562	29.1	13,366	26.7
Heat wave days
True heat wave	2677	5.4	2202	17.5
True non-heat wave	44,576	89.1	7997	63.4
False positive heat wave	1956	3.9	1639	13.0
False negative heat wave	818	1.6	766	6.1
Monitored weather (mean, Q1–Q3)
Daily maximum temperature (°C)	28.33	14.00–38.80	32.08	30.80–33.30
Daily mean temperature (°C)	23.97	22.00–33.20	27.62	26.70–28.40
Daily minimum temperature (°C)	20.56	18.40–29.40	24.12	23.10–25.20
Relative humidity (%)	73.59	65.60–82.10	71.57	65.40–78.60
Wind speed (m/s2)	2.06	1.30–2.50	2.18	1.40–2.70
Air quality (mean, Q1–Q3)
O3 (ppm)	0.025	0.017–0.033	0.024	0.014–0.031
SO2 (ppm)	0.005	0.003–0.006	0.005	0.003–0.006
CO (ppm)	0.423	0.311–0.530	0.412	0.288–0.513
NO2 (ppm)	0.023	0.014–0.030	0.021	0.013–0.027
PM10 (µg/m3)	38.02	24.50–48.00	36.74	23.56–46.46

Notes. * Eligible days refers to days for which daily mean temperature were between 26.0 to 30.5 °C. The estimates represent values of any study region (Gu). Category ‘unemployment’ includes people who are unemployed, house-wives, and students.