Table 3.
Results from the stage 1 model for emergency room visits for illnesses; p represents the p-value. Each model considered a constant sample size of 1460
| Types of Illnesses | Variables | Mean Estimate | Standard Error | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gastrointestinal illness | Visit count on the previous day | 0.003 | 0.000 | < 0.001 |
| Monday | −0.022 | 0.010 | 0.032 | |
| Tuesday | 0.030 | 0.010 | 0.002 | |
| Wednesday | 0.115 | 0.010 | < 0.001 | |
| Thursday | 0.047 | 0.010 | < 0.001 | |
| Friday | 0.037 | 0.010 | < 0.001 | |
| O3 | −0.619 | 0.314 | 0.049 | |
| Average mean temperature | 0.005 | 4.00*10−4 | < 0.001 | |
| Index of days | 9.73*10−5 | 7.68*10−6 | < 0.001 | |
| Respiratory illness | Visit count on the previous day | 0.005 | 9.83*10−6 | < 0.001 |
| Tuesday | −0.067 | 0.009 | < 0.001 | |
| Wednesday | −0.092 | 0.00932 | < 0.001 | |
| Thursday | −0.111 | 0.00916 | < 0.001 | |
| Friday | −0.099 | 0.00934 | < 0.001 | |
| Saturday | −0.030 | 0.00923 | 0.001 | |
| School days | 0.167 | 0.00855 | < 0.001 | |
| Holidays | −0.138 | 0.01624 | < 0.001 | |
| Precipitation | −0.001 | 3.00*10−4 | 0.004 | |
| Index of days | −1.73*10−6 | 6.77*10−6 | 0.799 | |
| Dermal illness | Visit count on the previous day | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.010 |
| Tuesday | −0.094 | 0.017 | < 0.001 | |
| Wednesday | − 0.137 | 0.017 | < 0.001 | |
| Thursday | −0.178 | 0.017 | < 0.001 | |
| Friday | −0.189 | 0.018 | < 0.001 | |
| Holidays | −0.183 | 0.033 | < 0.001 | |
| O3 | 1.535 | 0.571 | 0.007 | |
| NO2 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.006 | |
| PM2.5 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.011 | |
| Precipitation | −0.002 | 0.001 | 0.010 | |
| Average mean temperature | 0.008 | 0.001 | < 0.001 | |
| Index of days | 8.10*10−5 | 1.73*10−5 | < 0.001 |
Note: Holidays and each weekday (e.g., Monday, Tuesday, etc) are binary variables (Yes = 1, No = 0). For holidays, the value 1 was used as the reference, for each weekday, the value 0 was used as the reference