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Table 1 Demographics of subjects and daily meteorological factors

From: Association between high and low ambient temperature and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with cardiac etiology in Japan: a case-crossover study

  

Tokyo

Osaka

Fukuoka

Total, n (%)

50,698

(100)

34,283

(100)

12,519

(100)

Sex

Male

29,685

(59)

19,565

(57)

7145

(57)

Female

21,013

(41)

14,718

(43)

5374

(42)

Age

40–59 years

6342

(13)

4146

(12)

1537

(12)

60–69 years

8274

(16)

6016

(18)

2012

(16)

70–79 years

12,935

(26)

9429

(28)

3234

(25)

80–89 years

15,848

(31)

10,287

(30)

4061

(31)

≥90 years

7299

(14)

4405

(13)

1675

(13)

Meteorological factors, mean (s.d.)

 

Temperature, °C

16.6

(8.0)

17.1

(8.4)

17.3

(8.0)

Relative humidity, %

59.7

(15.4)

62.7

(10.7)

65.6

(11.5)

Atmospheric pressure, hPa

1009.3

(6.7)

1005

(6.3)

1013.5

(6.8)

Daily hours of daylight, hours

5.2

(4.0)

5.6

(3.9)

5.1

(4.0)

Daily precipitation, mm

4.4

(12.7)

3.6

(9.6)

4.5

(13.3)

Wind speed, m/s

3.1

(1.0)

2.4

(0.8)

2.8

(1.1)