Table 6. Effect of temperature over previous 30 days on the probability of self-reported mental health difficulties: By climate region.
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hot | Mild Hot | Mild Cold | Cold | Hot | Mild Hot | Mild Cold | Cold | |
lat≤35° | 35°<lat≤40° | 40°<lat≤43° | lat>43° | Temp<47.6°F | 47.6°F< Temp≤54.9°F | 54.9°F< Temp≤62.4°F | Temp≥62.4°F | |
<20°F | -0.0103 | -0.0108** | -0.0030 | -0.0016 | 0.2246** | 0.0136 | -0.0064 | -0.0019 |
(0.0303) | (0.0046) | (0.0054) | (0.0051) | (0.1129) | (0.0086) | (0.0043) | (0.0012) | |
20–30°F | -0.0039 | -0.0040 | 0.0061 | 0.0020 | 0.0038 | -0.0014 | 0.0037 | -0.0015 |
(0.0086) | (0.0039) | (0.0047) | (0.0045) | (0.0139) | (0.0061) | (0.0035) | (0.0010) | |
30–40°F | -0.0073* | -0.0080** | 0.0019 | -0.0025 | -0.0095 | -0.0044 | -0.0019 | -0.0014 |
(0.0044) | (0.0036) | (0.0038) | (0.0035) | (0.0059) | (0.0049) | (0.0031) | (0.0009) | |
40–50°F | -0.0031 | -0.0026 | -0.0022 | -0.0009 | -0.0027 | -0.0015 | -0.0005 | -0.0015** |
(0.0022) | (0.0026) | (0.0031) | (0.0027) | (0.0023) | (0.0032) | (0.0025) | (0.0006) | |
50–60°F | -0.0009 | -0.0041* | 0.0018 | -0.0011 | -0.0015 | -0.0030 | 0.0002 | -0.0007 |
(0.0015) | (0.0024) | (0.0027) | (0.0024) | (0.0020) | (0.0024) | (0.0022) | (0.0005) | |
70–80°F | 0.0036* | 0.0001 | 0.0027 | 0.0033 | 0.0047*** | -0.0000 | 0.0032* | 0.0003 |
(0.0019) | (0.0016) | (0.0021) | (0.0025) | (0.0016) | (0.0022) | (0.0018) | (0.0005) | |
≥80°F | 0.0047** | 0.0043** | -0.0045 | 0.0071 | 0.0057*** | 0.0013 | 0.0035 | 0.0005 |
(0.0023) | (0.0021) | (0.0036) | (0.0068) | (0.0019) | (0.0027) | (0.0035) | (0.0023) | |
N | 620,294 | 861,239 | 894,323 | 680,083 | 497,339 | 698,296 | 1,228,185 | 632,168 |
No. of Counties | 638 | 870 | 468 | 424 | 474 | 719 | 728 | 479 |
# days/yr average temperature>70°F | 161 | 97 | 61 | 34 | 173 | 114 | 67 | 33 |
Regressions follow Column (5) in Table 2; The climate regions are divided based on latitude of the centroid location of the county for columns (1) to (4), and by the average daily temperature over the study period for columns (5) to (8); The number of days above 70°F each year is also displayed.
*** p<0.01,
** p<0.05,
* p<0.1.