Table 1 Profiles of climate parameters and ambulance transports from 2004 to 2012 in Takamatsu area, Japan
From: Lower air temperature is associated with ambulance transports and death in Takamatsu area, Japan
Mean ± SD | Minimum | Maximum | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of month | 108 | ||
Mean air temperature (°C) | 16.8 ± 8.1 | 4.1 | 30.4 |
Mean of the highest air temperature (°C) | 21.1 ± 8.2 | 7.7 | 34.7 |
Mean of the lowest air temperature (°C) | 12.9 ± 8.4 | 0.6 | 26.6 |
The highest air temperature (°C) | 26.5 ± 7.8 | 10.0 | 37.8 |
The lowest air temperature (°C) | 8.3 ± 8.6 | −3.4 | 24.2 |
Mean humidity (%) | 65.2 ± 5.3 | 54.0 | 76.0 |
The lowest humidity (%) | 24.3 ± 8.5 | 6.0 | 41.0 |
Daylight hours (h/month) | 171.0 ± 38.1 | 110.0 | 275.6 |
Total ambulance transports | 1,528.8 ± 190.3 | 1,105.0 | 2,021.0 |
Total ambulance transports (/a hundred thousand people/day) | 10.8 ± 1.2 | 7.9 | 13.9 |
Ambulance transports due to acute disease | 847.9 ± 124.9 | 597.0 | 1,176.0 |
Ambulance transports due to acute disease (/a hundred thousand people/day) | 6.0 ± 0.8 | 4.2 | 8.2 |
Death | 305.6 ± 58.3 | 179.0 | 479.0 |
Death (/a hundred thousand people/day) | 2.5 ± 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.9 |