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. 2020 Sep 11;117(37):603–609. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0603

eTable 2. Heat threshold and thermal optimum by region and age group (mean for the segments 1992–2000, 2001–2010, and 2011–2017)*.

Age group
Region < 65 65–74 75–84 85+
Thermal optimum
Northern 15.1 16.4 16.9 16.0
Central 17.4 18.3 18.5 17.3
Southern 14.5 17.6 17.5 17.2
Heat threshold
Northern 19.2 19.0
Central 20.9 20.4 20.0 19.8
Southern 20.8 20.5 20.3

* For some combinations no threshold for heat can be determined, because the corresponding exposure–response curve for the mean temperature of the preceding week is monotonic and therefore features no local minimum.