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. 2022 Nov 22;16(11):e0010896. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010896

Table 1. Descriptions of daily HFMD cases, meteorological factors and air pollutants in the basin area of Sichuan Province from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2017.

Variable Mean± SD Median (IQR) Range
HFMD (cases) 183.4±100.6 176.0 (104.0, 244.0) (3.0, 517.0)
Air pollutants
PM10 (μg/m3) 79.8±49.1 68.0 (45.0, 103.0) (6.0, 599.0)
PM2.5 (μg/m3) 49.9±35.7 40.0 (25.0, 65.0) (2.0, 370.0)
SO2 (μg/m3) 14.5±8.5 13.0 (9.0, 18.0) (1.0, 112)
NO2 (μg/m3) 30.5±12.7 29.0 (21.0, 38.0) (4.0, 112.0)
O3 (μg/m3) 62.3±35.0 56.0 (37.0, 81.0) (2.0, 242.0)
CO (mg/m3) 0.9±0.3 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) (0.1, 4.0)
AQI 78.1±41.2 67.0 (51.0, 94.0) (14.0, 399)
Meteorological factors
Tm (°C) 18.1±7.3 18.6 (11.3, 24.1) (-2.2, 36.1)
Humid (%) 77.4±12.1 78.0 (69.0, 87.0) (20.0, 100.0)
Win (m/s) 1.4±0.6 1.3 (1.0, 1.7) (0.0, 6.4)
Sun (h) 3.3±3.9 1.2 (0.0, 6.6) (0.0, 13.3)
Rain(mm) 2.8±9.3 0.0 (0.0, 1.3) (0.0, 266.7)
City-specific indicators
Population density (people per km2) 449.8±249.1 419.1 (269.9, 596.1) (102.3, 1146.2)
Proportion of students (‰) 62.9±12.9 58.1 (54.1, 73.7) (49.5, 92.9)
Birth rate (‰) 9.9±0.7 9.8 (9.5, 10.2) (8.6, 11.3)
GDP per person (CNY) 37,095.6±13,516.0 35676.7(31,106.0, 38,990.3) (16,543, 79,381.3)
GDP increase (%) 17.0±10.3 19.9 (15.9, 21.1) (-19.5, 28.6)
Urbanization rate (%) 46.6±7.3 46.6 (42.4, 48.7) (38.8, 71.3)
Hospital beds(per 1000 population) 2.6±0.4 2.6 (2.3, 2.8) (1.9, 3.4)
Licensed physicians (per 1000 population) 7.6±1.4 7.5 (6.6, 8) (6.2, 12.1)
Passengers (trips) 3,055,310.9±251,066.8 234,231.0(165,834.0, 293,041.0) (911,55.0, 1,167,754.0)