Heat-related mortality risk model for climate change impact projection

Table 2 OT, 84th percentile of T _max, and ratio of RM_OT over RM_av

Country	City	OT	84th percentile of T _max	Ratio
Taiwan	Taipei	33.4	33.9	0.95
	Taichung	33.0	33.0	0.94
	Kaohsiung	31.2	32.5	0.96
Korea	Seoul	27.8	28.1	0.93
	Busan	28.7	26.6	0.93
	Daegu	29.9	29.5	0.93
	Incheon	27.5	26.9	0.94
	Gwangju	29.1	28.8	0.92
	Daejeon	29.6	28.4	0.91
USA	Los Angeles	30.0	28.3	0.95
	New York	26.7	28.3	0.92
	Chicago	26.1	27.8	0.94
	Dallas/Fort Worth^b	37.2	34.4	0.93
	Houston^b	41.7	33.9	0.93
	Phoenix	41.7	40.0	0.89
	Santa Ana/Anaheim	33.3	31.1	0.94
	San Diego^b	41.7	24.4	0.95
	Miami	31.7	32.2	0.96
	Detroit	25.0	27.2	0.93
	Seattle	22.2	23.3	0.93
	San Bernardino	39.4	38.9	0.91
	San Jose	30.6	31.7	0.91
	Minneapolis/St. Paul	26.7	26.7	0.92
	Riverside	44.4	42.8	0.91
	Philadelphia	27.8	29.4	0.92
	Atlanta	31.7	31.1	0.93
	Oakland	32.8	33.9	0.90
	Denver	33.3	32.2	0.92
	Cleveland	26.1	26.7	0.94
Spain	Barcelona	27.9	29.4	0.88^a
France	Paris	22.8	23.6	0.92^a
Italy	Rome	25.0	26.8	0.89^a

^aTarget population is all ages combined
^bOptimum temperature was not observed; the lowest mortality was observed at the highest end of the temperature

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