Table 2.
Pooled Relative Risks with 95% Confidence Intervals associated with heat waves for the three regions and on a national level during the study period 1990-2014
| HW1 | HW2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGION | Mortality | NDI 1 | NDI 2 | NDI 3 | NDI 1 | NDI 2 | NDI 3 |
| Southern | All-cause | 1.04 (0.94-1.16) | 1.07 (1.00-1.14) | 1.13 (1.06-1.22) | 1.35 (0.89-2.05) | 1.12 (0.87-1.43) | 1.21 (0.81-1.82) |
| CHD | 0.81 (0.66-0.99) | 1.09 (0.96-1.24) | 1.21 (1.04-1.42) | 1.77 (0.86-3.65) | 1.15 (0.67-1.97) | 1.48 (0.54-4.04) | |
| Middle | All-cause | 1.08 (1.00-1.15) | 1.07 (1.01-1.13) | 1.10 (0.99-1.22) | 1.03 (0.87-1.23) | 1.22 (1.05-1.44) | 1.27 (0.95-1.69) |
| CHD | 1.15 (1.00-1.33) | 1.10 (0.97-1.24) | 1.49 (1.22-1.80) | 0.87 (0.57-1.33) | 1.29 (0.93-1.80) | 1.07 (0.57-2.02) | |
| Northern | All-cause | 1.75 (1.12-2.75) | 1.12 (0.73-1.72) | 1.61 (0.73-3.56) | NA | ||
| CHD | 0.20 (0.13-0.31) | 1.63 (0.79-3.38) | 1.15 (0.28-4.65) | NA | |||
| SWEDEN | All-cause | 1.07 (1.01-1.14) | 1.07 (1.03-1.12) | 1.12 (1.05-1.20) | 1.07 (0.91-1.26) | 1.19 (1.04-1.36) | 1.25 (1.00-1.59) |
| CHD | 1.02 (0.91-1.15)* | 1.10 (1.01-1.20)* | 1.31 (1.17-1.48) | 1.04 (0.72-1.50) | 1.27 (0.97-1.68) | 1.17 (0.69-2.01) | |
HW1 defined as three consecutive days with daily maximum temperatures above 27°C
HW2 defined as three consecutive days with daily maximum temperatures above 30°C
NDI Neighbourhood Deprivation Index, 1 is the most affluent neighbourhoods and 3 is the most deprived neighbourhoods
CHD Coronary Heart Disease
*
Significant Relative Effect Modification (REM)
REM index when comparing the most deprived neighbourhoods to the most affluent: 1.29 (95% CI:1.09-1.52)
REM index when comparing the most deprived neighbourhoods to the medium deprived: 1.19 (95% CI:1.03-1.41)