Table 1:

Descriptive statistics by country

	Number of communities	Study period	Total deaths	Diurnal temperature ranges, °C	Temperature, °C
North America
Canada	25	1986–2011	2 734 629	10·0 (7.1–12·8)	6·8 (2·6–10·7)
USA	132	1985–2006	22 690332	10·9 (6·9–15·9)	14·8 (7·9–25·5)
Central America
Mexico	5	1998–2014	2169253	13·1 (9·8–16·1)	18·3 (16·4–20·6)
South America
Brazil	18	1997–2011	3435535	8·9 (6·1–12·5)	24·6 (17·7–27·4)
Argentina	3	2005–15	688 061	11·5 (9·5–12·8)	18·2 (17·8–18·5)
East Asia
South Korea	6	1992–2010	1 671 728	8·1 (6·8–9·4)	13·6 (12·5–14·9)
Japan	47	1985–2015	30746547	8·3 (4·9–10·6)	15·4 (9·1–23·2)
Southeast Asia
Taiwan	3	1994–2014	1162844	7·6 (7·0–8·2)	23·6 (23·1–24·2)
Thailand	61	1999–2008	1 801 653	9·8 (4·2–12·5)	27·6 (25·1–29·3)
Oceania
Australia	3	1988–2009	1 177 950	8·2 (7·4–8·8)	18·1 (15·7–20·3)
Northern Europe
Finland	1	1994–2011	130 395	6·1 (6·1–6·1)	6·2 (6·2–6·2)
Estonia	5	1997–2015	146 347	7·6 (7·1–8·0)	6·2 (5·6–6·7)
Ireland	6	1985–2007	1012684	6·7 (5·9–7·9)	9·7 (9·1–10·6)
UK	10	1990–2012	12 075 786	7·3 (6·7–7·8)	10·3 (9·5–11·6)
Central Europe
Moldova	4	2001–2010	59 906	9·7 (8·4–10·7)	10·7 (10·2–11·3)
Switzerland	8	1995–2013	243 638	7·6 (6·2–8·8)	10·4 (8·6–12·9)
France	18	2000–10	1 197 555	8·4 (4·7–10·9)	12·6 (10·6–16·2)
Southern Europe
Spain	50	1990–2010	3470738	10·6 (5·8–15·4)	15·5 (10·9–21·6)
Portugal	2	1985–2012	966814	8·4 (8·0–8·8)	15·9 (14·8–17·0)
South Africa
South Africa	38	1997–2013	6 304 094	14·3 (6·8–19·1)	17·9 (12·4–22·8)

Data show average community-specific daily diurnal temperature range (range) and mean temperature (range). Countries are arranged in order of latitude within each region.