Table 2.

Selected Italian provinces ranked by Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR) > 1.

Province	Population (2019)	Population/km2	SMR	95% CIinf	95% CIsup	PM10a
Lodi	230,198	294.0	7.44	6.88	8.02	34.5
Bergamo	1,114,590	404.6	7.21	6.95	7.47	29.0
Cremona	358,955	202.7	6.51	6.12	6.92	33.5
Piacenza	287,152	111.0	6.50	6.08	6.94	28.5
Brescia	1,265,954	264.5	5.01	4.82	5.21	32.5
Pavia	545,888	183.9	4.20	3.95	4.46	32.5
Parma	451,631	131.0	3.53	3.27	3.80	31.5
Mantova	412,292	176.1	3.38	3.12	3.65	28.7
Lecco	337,380	418.8	2.88	2.61	3.17	22.5
Pesaro	358,886	139.8	2.82	2.57	3.09	26.0
Milan	3,250,315	2063.0	2.54	2.46	2.63	32.5
Reggio Emilia	531,891	232.1	2.37	2.17	2.58	31.5
Aosta	125,666	38.5	2.33	1.94	2.75	17.0
Sondrio	181,095	56.7	2.31	1.99	2.66	22.5
Monza	873,935	2155.7	2.12	1.97	2.27	33.0
Como	599,204	468.5	1.96	1.79	2.13	29.0
Alessandria	421,284	118.4	1.93	1.75	2.11	34.5
Trento	541,098	87.2	1.76	1.59	1.94	21.5
Imperia	213,840	185.2	1.66	1.43	1.90	19.0
Biella	175,585	192.3	1.47	1.24	1.73	21.8
Bolzano	531,178	71.8	1.46	1.29	1.64	19.0
Genova	841,180	458.7	1.44	1.33	1.55	20.8
Rimini	339,017	391.9	1.39	1.20	1.58	27.0
Modena	705,393	262.4	1.37	1.24	1.51	31.0
Trieste	234,493	1103.5	1.30	1.10	1.50	19.5
La Spezia	219,556	249.1	1.28	1.08	1.50	20.0
Pescara	318,909	259.2	1.27	1.09	1.47	25.5
Savona	276,064	178.5	1.27	1.09	1.45	19.5
Novara	369,018	275.3	1.25	1.09	1.43	25.5
Verona	926,497	299.2	1.25	1.14	1.36	31.0
Massa	194,878	168.8	1.24	1.03	1.47	14.0
Asti	214,638	142.1	1.19	0.99	1.41	33.5
Vercelli	170,911	82.1	1.13	0.92	1.37	30.0
Verbania	158,349	70.0	1.12	0.90	1.37	15.0
Bologna	1,014,619	274.1	1.09	1.00	1.19	24.0
Varese	890,768	743.4	1.00	0.90	1.10	21.0

^aAverage yearly values in micrograms/m³.