Table 2.

Correlation coefficients of the variables (2400 observations)

	ln(HCE)	ln(Patients)	COMP	ln(CARS)	ln(INDUST)	ELDE	TEMP	WIND	RAIN
ln(HCE)	1.000
ln(Patients)	0.990	1.000
COMP	0.119	0.114	1.000
ln(CARS)	0.795	0.773	0.054	1.000
ln(INDU)	− 0.528	− 0.530	0.044	− 0.377	1.000
ELDER	− 0.469	− 0.481	− 0.076	− 0.632	0.252	1.000
TEMP	0.269	0.248	0.064	0.391	− 0.026	− 0.362	1.000
WIND	− 0.405	− 0.397	0.110	− 0.347	0.576	0.195	0.048	1.000
RAIN	0.341	0.343	− 0.035	0.320	− 0.177	− 0.270	0.226	− 0.029	1.000