Table 1.
Distribution of key variables by country.
| Country | Period | Deaths (in thousands) | Distribution of temperature and RH: mean (minimum, maximum) of location means and of location SDs (for RH) across days | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature mean | RH mean | RH SD | ||||
| Argentina | 3 | 2005–2015 | 206 | 23.6 (23.4, 23.6) | 68.4 (67.5, 69.9) | 11.9 (11.2, 13.1) |
| Australia | 3 | 1988–2009 | 360 | 22.2 (20.1, 24.2) | 69.0 (65.7, 70.7) | 10.2 (8.5, 11.4) |
| Brazil | 17 | 1997–2011 | 1,034 | 25.6 (20.8, 28.1) | 78.0 (70.0, 87.5) | 7.7 (5.1, 12.3) |
| Canada | 21 | 1986–2009 | 778 | 17.1 (13.9, 21.0) | 71.8 (62.8, 81.8) | 10.8 (7.4, 13.8) |
| Chile | 4 | 2004–2014 | 89 | 18.2 (15.5, 21.0) | 67.9 (52.0, 74.4) | 10.0 (8.2, 11.0) |
| China | 13 | 1996–2008 | 250 | 24.8 (17.6, 28.4) | 71.6 (60.1, 80.4) | 11.4 (7.4, 15.6) |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 1994–2015 | 225 | 17.3 (16.4, 18.5) | 71.1 (67.1, 73.8) | 11.6 (11.0, 12.2) |
| Estonia | 5 | 1997–2015 | 46 | 15.5 (15.0, 15.9) | 77.8 (77.7, 78.0) | 9.5 (9.2, 9.8) |
| France | 18 | 2000–2010 | 375 | 19.4 (16.6, 23.2) | 70.1 (57.9, 78.4) | 10.3 (8.8, 15.5) |
| Ireland | 6 | 1984–2007 | 317 | 14.2 (13.7, 14.6) | 82.2 (80.9, 84.0) | 6.8 (5.7, 8.4) |
| Italy | 12 | 1987–2010 | 245 | 23.2 (20.6, 24.9) | 68.0 (58.9, 77.8) | 11.3 (8.5, 15.5) |
| Japan | 47 | 1972–2012 | 10,853 | 24.2 (19.4, 27.9) | 75.2 (67.9, 82.0) | 9.2 (6.7, 11.5) |
| Mexico | 10 | 1998–2014 | 726 | 21.7 (14.8, 28.2) | 64.6 (42.2, 75.2) | 10.8 (7.3, 17.0) |
| Philippines | 4 | 2006–2010 | 94 | 28.5 (28.1, 29.0) | 81.5 (78.5, 82.8) | 5.1 (3.2, 6.4) |
| South Korea | 7 | 1992–2010 | 548 | 23.7 (23.0, 24.4) | 74.4 (69.4, 78.3) | 10.6 (9.7, 11.7) |
| Spain | 50 | 1990–2014 | 865 | 22.3 (17.5, 26.9) | 60.9 (42.5, 82.9) | 11.1 (6.8, 15.9) |
| Sweden | 3 | 1998–2005 | 52 | 16.1 (15.8, 16.3) | 73.5 (70.5, 77.2) | 9.3 (8.0, 11.1) |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1995–2013 | 75 | 17.9 (15.8, 20.6) | 71.7 (67.7, 75.2) | 10.4 (9.0, 13.2) |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1994–2007 | 246 | 28.4 (28.1, 28.6) | 76.7 (74.4, 79.8) | 7.2 (6.4, 8.2) |
| Thailand | 60 | 1999–2008 | 540 | 28.3 (26.4, 29.6) | 79.6 (72.5, 86.9) | 5.2 (3.7, 7.5) |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 1993–2006 | 2,286 | 15.8 (14.6, 17.5) | 69.2 (60.9, 74.8) | 11.0 (9.5, 12.2) |
| United States | 135 | 1985–2006 | 6,657 | 23.4 (17.1, 33.2) | 67.1 (21.5, 81.4) | 10.0 (4.9, 15.4) |
| Vietnam | 2 | 2009–2013 | 36 | 28.7 (28.4, 29.1) | 75.5 (72.1, 78.8) | 9.7 (5.2, 14.1) |
| All | 445 | 1972–2015 | 26,901 | 23.1 (13.7, 33.2) | 70.7 (21.5, 87.5) | 9.4 (3.2, 17.0) |
Note: N is the number of locations for which useable data was available. The minimum and maximum temperature and relative humidity (RH) are those for each country’s location summer means over all days available for that location, not the minimum and maximum of individual daily means. Daily meteorological data comprised means calculated from hourly data in all except four countries. The exceptions were: Czech Rep: 0700, 1400, and 2100 hours; Italy: every 6 hours; Thailand: minimum and maximum; United Kingdom: hourly for temperature, and 0900 and 1500 hours for RH. For more information including sources, see Table S1. SD, standard deviation.