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. 2021 Mar 24;18(7):3374. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073374

Table 3.

Range of the observed versus predicted PM10 concentrations (in µg/m3) for the 3 different models (National, Provincial and Site-specific) averaged over all sites and years (2010–2017) by province for the mean, standard deviation (SD) and 5th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 95th percentiles).

Province Mean SD Percentiles
µg/m3 µg/m3 5 25 50 75 95
Mpumalanga Observed 35.70–50.90 17.70–29.10 9.30–15.30 21.40–30.30 32.90–46.20 47.70–71.20 68.20–102.80
National 34.60–48.60 6.30–11.10 23.70–34.20 29.20–41.10 34.30–47.80 39.50–56.80 45.70–66.50
Provincial 34.20–46.30 10.40–17.40 17.10–24.70 24.90–33.60 32.20–44.30 42.30–60.40 53.00–75.80
Site-specific 35.70–52.00 11.40–19.50 18.60–26.10 26.80–37.10 34.30–49.80 43.30–66.90 55.50–85.40
Gauteng Observed 53.40–58.30 28.40–31.30 16.20–20.30 31.10–35.20 47.50–52.10 71.10–77.10 107.60–115.00
National 36.30–41.60 10.20–12.90 21.30–24.40 27.00–31.00 34.80–40.70 44.60–52.00 54.00–62.40
Provincial 52.90–59.40 16.90–17.90 30.80–35.50 40.30–45.40 50.20–56.50 66.10–73.30 81.20–90.00
Site-specific 53.00–58.40 17.40–19.70 29.30–33.50 37.90–43.10 49.70–54.80 65.60–72.30 84.70–93.20
Western Cape Observed 19.50–26.70 8.10–11.60 8.50–12.70 13.40–18.70 18.50–25.20 24.30–33.30 35.00–48.10
National 31.90–49.10 7.10–11.20 22.00–35.90 26.00–41.00 29.90–46.80 36.60–55.40 45.20–71.60
Provincial 20.00–28.00 39.00–5.50 13.50–20.40 16.70–24.10 20.00–28.00 22.70–31.80 26.90–37.10
Site-specific 19.50–26.70 4.80–6.60 11.80–17.90 15.90–21.80 18.80–26.20 22.40–30.70 28.00–38.40
KwaZulu-Natal Observed 24.20–29.80 11.01–14.01 9.50–13.50 15.90–20.01 22.10–26.60 30.70–37.10 45.70–56.60
National 31.60–43.80 8.20–12.90 21.10–28.40 24.50–33.40 29.00–40.40 37.60–53.00 47.60–66.00
Provincial 23.90–32.90 5.20–9.50 15.60–21.60 19.20–25.90 22.50–31.60 27.10–39.40 35.40–49.50
Site-specific 24.20–30.50 6.01–10.02 15.30–19.70 19.10–23.30 23.00–28.30 28.00–36.00 36.00–50.80