Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for temperature and mortality data. Temperature data is for the case/control periods only
| Mean | Max | 75% | Median | 25% | Min | Missing temperature data (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case days | Control days | |||||||
| Daily Temperature (°C) | ||||||||
| Max | 24.7 ± 5.4 | 47.8 | 28.4 | 25.1 | 21.1 | 0.5 | 10.1 | 10.0 |
| Meana | 18.0 ± 5.0 | 34.7 | 21.8 | 18.5 | 14.4 | −1.1 | 11.5 | 11.4 |
| Min | 11.4 ± 5.8 | 28.0 | 15.6 | 12.0 | 7.5 | −13.8 | 11.1 | 11.0 |
| Daily Homicidesb | ||||||||
| 39.7 ± 23.1 | 188 | 50 | 33 | 24 | 2 | – | – | |
aHere the mean is defined as the average between the maximum and the minimum
bHomicide case counts include definite homicides (ICD-10: X85-Y09) and probable homicides (ICD-10: W25-W26, W32-W34, W50, Y22-Y24, Y28-Y29)