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. 2020 Jan 13;19:4. doi: 10.1186/s12940-020-0559-2

Table 3.

Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for non-traumatic mortality for lag day 0 and lag day 1

Category Lag Day 0: Adjusted OR (95% CI) Lag Day 1: Adjusted OR (95% CI) N (%) with exposure contrasta
All non-traumatic 1.01 (0.99, 1.04) 1.02 (1.00, 1.05) 31,719 (100)
Underlying cause of death
 Cardiovascular 0.99 (0.94, 1.04) 1.02 (0.97, 1.07) 8135 (25.6)
  Ischemic heart disease 1.04 (0.93, 1.17) 1.00 (0.89, 1.13) 1482 (4.7)
 Respiratory 1.09 (1.00, 1.18) 1.05 (0.97, 1.15) 2945 (9.3)
  Asthma 0.51 (0.23, 1.12) 0.65 (0.31, 1.35) 46 (0.1)
  COPD 1.14 (1.02, 1.26)* 1.07 (0.96, 1.20) 1732 (5.5)
  Pneumonia 1.08 (0.86, 1.36) 0.97 (0.77, 1.22) 380 (1.2)
 Cerebrovascular 0.90 (0.75, 1.07) 0.88 (0.74, 1.05) 710 (2.2)
Age group (years)
 0–4 0.97 (0.77, 1.22) 0.90 (0.71, 1.13) 423 (1.3)
 5–14 0.95 (0.64, 1.41) 0.83 (0.54, 1.27) 140 (0.4)
 15–44 0.99 (0.85, 1.15) 0.98 (0.85, 1.14) 935 (2.9)
 45–64 1.00 (0.95, 1.06) 1.01 (0.95, 1.07) 6082 (19.2)
 65–84 1.02 (0.98, 1.06) 1.03 (0.99, 1.07) 13,723 (43.3)
 85+ 1.00 (0.96, 1.05) 1.03 (0.98, 1.08) 10,416 (32.8)
Location
 Non-urban 1.00 (0.96, 1.03) 1.01 (0.97, 1.05) 17,770 (56.0)
 Urban 1.02 (0.99,1.06) 1.03 (1.00, 1.07) 13,949 (44.0)
Median household incomeb
 < $35,000 0.99 (0.92, 1.07) 0.99 (0.92, 1.07) 3668 (11.6)
 $35,000 - $50,000 1.05 (0.99, 1.10) 1.07 (1.02, 1.13)* 7921 (25.0)
 $50,000 - $75,000 1.00 (0.96, 1.04) 1.00 (0.96, 1.05) 11,037 (34.8)
 $75,000 - $100,000 1.03 (0.96, 1.10) 1.07 (1.00, 1.15)* 4579 (14.4)
 ≥ $100,000 0.98 (0.87, 1,11) 0.90 (0.80, 1.02) 1443 (4.5)
Race
 White 1.01 (0.99, 1.04) 1.03 (1.00, 1.06)* 28,395 (89.5)
 Black 1.04 (0.89, 1.21) 0.99 (0.85, 1.16) 885 (2.8)
 Native American 0.95 (0.77, 1.17) 0.79 (0.64, 0.98)* 472 (1.5)
 Hispanic 0.81 (0.67, 0.99)* 0.91 (0.76, 1.10) 580 (1.8)
 Native Hawaiian/ Other Pacific Islander 1.19 (0.93, 1.52) 1.04 (0.80, 1.34) 329 (1.0)
 Asian 0.98 (0.84, 1.14) 0.99 (0.85, 1.15) 943 (3.0)
Sex
 Female 1.00 (0.96, 1.03) 1.03 (0.99, 1.06) 15,946 (50.3)
 Male 1.03 (0.99, 1.06) 1.02 (0.98, 1.05) 15,772 (49.7)

*p ≤ 0.05

aPercent of cases, out of all cases whose strata have both wildfire smoke days and non-wildfire smoke days

bAnnual median household income estimates at the census tract level