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. 2020 Sep 15;19:98. doi: 10.1186/s12940-020-00653-3

Table 4.

Temperatures-related life loss per death (95% eCI) by development level

Subgroups Total Cold Heat
HDRs LDRs HDRs LDRs HDRs LDRs
Nationwide 1.32(1.23–1.41) 1.91(1.72–2.10) 1.26(1.17–1.35) 1.62(1.45–1.79) 0.06(0.05–0.08) 0.29(0.18–0.40)
Northern China 1.16(0.76–1.54) 2.58(2.03–3.23) 0.64(0.37–0.91) 1.38(1.04–1.72) 0.52(0.22–0.82) 1.38(1.04–1.72)
Southern China 1.42(1.29–1.56) 1.93(1.71–2.15) 1.38(1.24–1.51) 1.65(1.45–1.82) 0.04(0.03–0.06) 0.28(0.15–0.41)
Age 0–64 2.03(1.17–2.84) 3.03(2.48–3.58) 1.64(1.15–2.10) 2.40(1.94–2.87) 0.39(−0.32–1.05) 0.63(0.31–0.97)
Age65+ 1.26(1.15–1.39) 1.59(1.47–1.71) 1.20(1.09–1.32) 1.41(1.31–1.52) 0.06(0.04–0.09) 0.18(0.1–0.10)
Males 1.57(1.33–1.79) 1.89(1.64–2.14) 1.48(1.26–1.69) 1.63(1.48–1.78) 0.09(0.03–0.15) 0.26(0.07–0.46)
Females 1.15(1.04–1.27) 1.66(1.42–1.87) 1.08(0.96–1.19) 1.43(1.23–1.61) 0.08(0.06–0.09) 0.22(0.10–0.37)
Cardiovascular diseases 1.42(1.21–1.61) 1.90(1.67–2.15) 1.22(1.02–1.40) 1.61(1.50–1.73) 0.20(0.11–0.28) 0.29(0.09–0.50)
Respiratory diseases 1.31(1.01–1.62) 1.53(1.11–1.90) 1.11(0.89–1.32) 0.88(0.76–0.99) 0.21(−0.03–0.45) 0.65(0.26–1.01)

Notes: HDRs High-development regions, LDRs Low-development regions

Cold: temperature below minimum YLLs temperature; Heat: temperature above minimum YLLs temperature.