Table 1 Profiles of climate parameters, ambulance transports and the number of deaths from 2004 to 2011 in the Asahikawa area, Japan
From: The linkage among ambulance transports, death and climate parameters in Asahikawa City, Japan
Mean ± SD | Minimum | Maximum | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of months | 96 | ||
Mean air temperature (°C) | 7.3 ± 10.1 | −8.5 | 23.4 |
Mean of the highest air temperature (°C) | 12.2 ± 10.9 | −4.8 | 28.8 |
Mean of the lowest air temperature (°C) | 2.5 ± 10.1 | −13.7 | 19.4 |
The highest air temperature (°C) | 19.4 ± 10.7 | −0.2 | 34.2 |
The lowest air temperature (°C) | −4.5 ± 11.3 | −25.7 | 15.3 |
Mean humidity (%) | 75.6 ± 5.4 | 60.0 | 84.0 |
The lowest humidity (%) | 31.7 ± 11.4 | 11.0 | 56.0 |
Daylight hours (h/month) | 130.4 ± 50.5 | 45.1 | 237.8 |
The number of snow days (/month) | 11.6 ± 12.5 | 0.0 | 31.0 |
Total snowfall (cm/month) | 53.2 ± 68.7 | 0.0 | 228.0 |
The highest snowfall (cm/day) | 8.8 ± 10.5 | 0.0 | 36.0 |
Maximum depth of snow cover (cm/month) | 26.3 ± 32.3 | 0.0 | 117.0 |
Total ambulance transports | 1,076.8 ± 71.2 | 936.0 | 1,277.0 |
Total ambulance transports (/a hundred thousand people/day) | 10.0 ± 0.6 | 8.7 | 11.5 |
Deaths | 277.8 ± 32.5 | 206.0 | 363.0 |
Deaths (/a hundred thousand people/day) | 2.6 ± 0.3 | 1.8 | 3.3 |