Table 3.

Summary of air pollutant concentrations and health outcomes during all fire seasons included in the study. Values are shown for all 32 local health areas (LHAs) in the analyses, and the 23 LHAs outside of Metro Vancouver

	All 32 LHAs	23 LHAs outside Metro Vancouver
Mean (25%ile, 75%ile) daily concentrations of three pollutants
PM2.5 (μg/m3)	6.6 (5.2, 7.6)	6.8 (4.8, 7.8)
O3 (ppb)	22.1 (20.4, 23.5)	22.7 (20.8, 24.0)
NO2 (ppb)	6.5 (4.3, 8.0)	5.1 (3.6, 6.7)
Overall (25%ile, 75%ile) LHA daily rates of five health outcomes per 100,000 population
All-cause mortality	1.9 (1.6, 2.4)	2.2 (2.0, 2.6)
Physician visits for circulatory causes	98.9 (56.3, 105.3)	100.2 (45.6, 106.3)
Physician visits for respiratory causes	85.1 (44.6, 85.0)	77.8 (35.9, 79.4)
Physician visits for asthma	9.7 (5.3, 9.8)	9.7 (3.8, 9.6)
Salbutamol dispensations	30.5 (19.9, 33.6)	33.9 (17.7, 34.8)