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Mortality-heat studies included in the systematic review
Author, Year ID Location
Time-series Month
Health data source Weather data source Frequency Method
Temperature measure
Controlled variables Diseases
Harlan, 2014 (1)
Arizona, USA
2000-2008
(9 years) May-Oct
Maricopa County death certificates
Sky Harbor International Airport
Daily death counts
Poisson regression
Daily maximum apparent temperature
Warm seasonHeat, CVD, COPD/Asthma
Burkart, 2014 (2)
26 regions of Bangladesh
2003-2007(5 years) All year
Bangladesh Meteorological Department
Sample Vital Registration System (SVRS), Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
Daily death counts
GAM, Poisson regression, DLNM
Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)
Trend, season, day of the month and equivalent temperature.
CVD, ID
Huang, 2014 (3)
Changsha, China
2008 - 2011(4 years) Jun-Aug
Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
China Meteorological Data Sharing System
Daily death counts
GAM, DLNM
Mean temperature
Relative humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed, air pollution, long-term trend, season CVD
Yang, 2013 (4)
Guangzhou, China
2003-2010(8 years) All year
Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention
China Meteorological Data Sharing System
Daily death counts
Quasi-Poisson regression, DLNM
Diurnal temperature range
Daily mean temperature, air pollution, long-term trends, season, day of the week
% change per 1°C increase in DTR, lag0-4.CVD1.11(-0.28-2.53) (65-74)0.95(0.06-1.84)(75+)RD0.63(-1.73-3.06)(65-74)0.83(-0.2-2.01)(75+)
Almeida, 2013 (5)
Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal
2000-2004(5 years) Apr-Sep
National Institute of Statistics
National Meterologic Institute. Lisbon: city station, Oporto: airport station
Daily death counts
GEE, Poisson regression
Maximum daily apparent temperature
Barometric pressure,wind speed, air pollution, day ofthe week, holidays, calendar month, long-term trend CVD, RD
Gasparrini, 2012 (6)
England, Wales
1993-2006(14 years) Jun-Sep
Office for National Statistics
29 weather stations from respective Government Office Region
Daily death counts
GLM, threshold model, log-linear increase in risk above a heat threshold
Maximum daily temperature
Day of year (season) and time trend
CBD, IHD, MI, ChIHD, PulHD, AVCD, AtrFib, Arrhyt, HeartFail, All CVD, InfResp, COPD, PulHD , Asthma, RD, Diab, Endocr, Demen, Schizo, Mental, Park, DegDis, Nervous, GUM, Renal, Accid , Ext
Liu, 2011 (7)
Beijing, China
2003-2005(3 years) Apr-Sep
Beijing Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention
China Meteorological Data Sharing Service System
Daily death counts
Generalized semi-parametric Poisson regression
2-day or 15-day mean temperature
Long-term trend, season, day of the week, public holidays
CBD, IHD, CVD, RD, cardio-resp
Mortality-cold studies included in the systematic review
Author, Year ID LocationTime-series Month Health data source
Weather data source
Frequency Method
Temperature measure Controlled variables Diseases
Wong, 2014 (16) Hong Kong2001- 2005
(5 years) Dec - Mar
Cohort of hypertensive patients who attended any public health-care sectors in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Observatory
Daily death counts
Conditional logistic regression analysis, case-crossover design
Mean daily temperature
Seasonality, longer-term trends, days of the week. Sensitivity analysis for public holidays and influenza outbreaks
RD in patients with pre-existing hypertension
Huang, 2014 (3)Changsha, China
2008 - 2011 (4 years) Dec - Feb
Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
China Meteorological Data Sharing Service System
Daily death counts
GAM, followed by the DLNM for lagged effects
Mean daily temperature
Air pollution index, barometric pressure, relative humidity, wind speed, long-term and seasonal trends CVD
Xu, 2013 (17) Hong Kong1998-2001(4 years)
all year, ≤20.8°C
18 Elderly Health Centers (EHC), Census and Statistics Department
Hong Kong Observatory
Daily death counts
GAM for thresholds. Condititional logistic regression for effect size
Mean daily apparent temperature
Sex, smoking status, physical activity level, education level, housing type, health status, day of the week, influenza epidemics, 2003 SARS epidemic, age, body mass index (BMI), PM10 concentrations CVD, RD
Yu, 2011 (9)Brisbane, Australia
1996-2004(9 years)
Office of Economic and Statistical Research of the Queensland Treasury.
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Daily death counts
GAM, DLNM for lagged effect
Mean daily temperature
Day of the week, influenza outbreak, holidays, time trend, air pollution (PM10, NO2 or O3), long term trends, relative humidity CVD
Liu, 2011 (7)Beijing, China
2003-2005(2 years 8 months) Oct - Mar
Beijing Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention
China Meteorological Data Sharing Service System
Daily death counts
Generalized semi-parametric Poisson regression
2-day or 15-day mean temperature
Long-term trend, season, day of the week, public holidays
CBD, IHD, CVD, RD, cardio-resp
Wichmann, 2011 (8)
Copenhagen, Denmark
1999-2006(8 years) Oct - Mar
Danish cause of death and hospitaldischarge registers
Copenhagen urban backgroundmonitoring station by the Department of Environmental Sciences, Aarhus University
Daily death counts
GAM, Poisson regression, time-stratified case-crossover design
Maximum daily apparent temperature
Season, holidays, influenza, air pollutants
CVD, CBD, RD
Revich, 2008 (12) Moscow, Russia
2000-2005(6 years)
all year Demographyand Human Ecology Center of Economic
MoscowState University weather station
Daily death counts
Linear regression
Mean daily temperature
NA IHD, CBD, CLRD
ForecastingInstitute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Analitis, 2008 (18)
15 European cities
1990-2000 (5–11 years per city) Oct - Mar
The PHEWE database
The PHEWE database.Air pollution data from: A European Approach (APHEA) database
Daily death counts
City specific: generalized estimating equations as an extension of GLMs,. Pooled: GEE with cubic regression spline
Minimum daily apparent temperature
Holidays, day of the week, barometric pressure, wind speed, air pollution index (nitrogen dioxide 1-hour maximum, black smoke 24-hour average for Dublin)
CVD, CBD, RD
Carder, 2005 (19)
Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen. Scotland
1981-2001 (20 years) all year
The Information and Statistics Division (ISD) of the Common Services Agency (CSA) of the Scottish Health Service
The Meteorological Office
Daily death counts
GLM, Poisson regression
Mean daily temperature
City, day of the week, particulate matter (black smoke), season, other long term trends CVD, RD
Cagle, 2005 (20)Washington, USA
1980-2001 (21 years) all year
Washington State Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics
National Climate Data Center web site for the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Daily death counts
GLM, Poisson regression
Mean daily temperature
Season, year, population size, precipitation, barometric pressure CVD
Gouveia, 2003 (15)
Sao Paulo, Brazil
1991-1994 (4 years) all year
Cities mortality information system
University of São Paulo, one station close to city central region. Air pollution data from CETESB, the environmental agency in São Paulo
Daily death counts
GAM, Poisson regression
Mean daily temperature
Day of the week, air pollution, season CVD, RD
Morbidity-heat studies included in the systematic review
Author ID LocationTime-series Month Data source Weather data
Health data Method
Temperature measure Controlled for Diseases
Condemi, 2015 (21)
Cuneo, Italy
2007-2010(5 years) All year
ED visits database (DB) of the S. Croce and Carle Hospital
Collana di Studi Climatologici in Piemonte and Meteoro- logical Data Bank ARPA Piemonte Emergency
department visits
GAM Poisson regression, DLNM
Mean daily temperature
season, day of week, summer holidays Renal colic and
urinary stones (kidney stones) ICD 9 :592 + other or N20 +other
Han, 2015(22)
Soeul, Korea
2004-2013(10 years) All year
The Clinical Research Center for Stroke registry
Meteorologic Administration of South Korea
Hospital discharge diagnosis
GLM, Poisson regression
Monthly mean temperature NA CBD, IS, IntH
Li, 2014 (23)Ghangzhou, China
2010-2012(3 year)
Sun yatsen University
Guangzhou Meteorological Bureau Emergency
hospital admissions
Negative binomial model
Diurnal temperature range
mean temperature, day of the week, and seasonal and long- term trends
RR per 1°C increase in DTR, lag0-2.Respiratory tract infection1.02(1.01-1.06)
Kim 2014 (24)Soeul, Korea
2007-2010(4 years) Dec-Feb
National Emergency Department Information System
Korean Meteorological Administration Emergency
department visits
GLMMean daily temperature
O3, PM10, temperature, relative humidity, and air pressure, national holidays and Sundays, long-term trends
Asthma
Giang, 2014 (25)
Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam
2008-2012(5 years) All year
four national and provincial hospitals of Thai Nguyen
Vietnam National Climate and Weather Center, Hanoi
Hospital admissions DLNM
Mean daily temperature
time trends using natural cubic splines, day of the week, and public holidays
CVDAnderson, 2013
(26) 213 USA counties
1999-2008 (10year)
May-Sep Medicare inpatient claims for all fee-for-service Medicare
Ambient air pollution and temperature data -source unknown
Hospital admissions GLM,
overdispersed
Mean daily temperature
Day of the week, dew point temp, long term and
COPD, RD
beneficiaries Poisson regression
seasonal trends. Sensitivity analysis for air pollution
Wang, 2013(27)
Beijing, China
2009-2011 (3 year)
Three large hospitals in Haidian district, Beijing
Weather station in Daxing, Beijing Emergency
hospital admissions
GAM, Poisson regression
Diurnal temperature range
Long-term trends, seasonal patterns, daily mean temperature, relative humidity, air pollution, day of the week, and Holiday
RR per 1°C increase in DTRCVD0.99(0.99-1.0) (65-74)1.02(1.01-1.03) (75+) lag2RD1.02(1.0-1.04)1.17(1.0-1.03)lag7Genitourinary (renal)1.02(0.99-1.04)1.02(1.0-1.04)lag5Digestive0.99(0.98-1.02)1.04(1.02-1.05)lag7
Chan, 2013 (28)Hong Kong
1998-2009 (12 year) Jun-Sep
Hospital Authority in Special Administrative Region (SAR)
Hong Kong SAR Observatory.
Hospital admissions
GAM, Poisson regression
Mean daily temperature
Time trends, season and air pollution RD, ID
Qiu, 2013 (29)Hong Kong
2000-2007 (8 year)
Hong Kong Hospital authority (public hospital system)
Hong Kong Observatory
Emergency hospital admissions
GAM, Poisson regression
Diurnal temperature range
Seasonal, long-term trends, daily mean temperature, relative humidity, influenza, day of week, holidays, air pollution
RR per 1°C increase in DTR HF3.29(2.51-4.06) (65-74) lag0-54.13(3.66-4.6) (75+) lag0-5
Wichmann, 2013 (30)
Gothenburg, Sweden.
1985-2010 (26 year) Apr-Sep
National hospital discharge register
Gothenburg Environment and Health Department.
Hospital admissions
Time-stratified case-crossover study. Conditional logistic regression
3hr maximum apparent temperature
Long-term trend, seasonality, air pollution, relative humidity, public holidays. Sensitivity analysis with GAM model.
AMI(31) Adelaide,
Australia2003-2009 (emergency
Oct-Mar South Australian Department of Health
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
hospital admissions
GEE Daily minimum
Day of the week, month, year (from 1
Renal, heat
Williams, 2012
dept visits) (7 year)
and emergency dept visits temperature
July to 30 June), O3, and PM10
Goggins, 2012 (32)
Hong Kong
1999-2006 (8 year)
Hong Kong Hospital Autority Database
Hong Kong Observatory
Hospital admissions GAM
Mean daily temperature
Air pollutants, flu epidemics, other meteorological variables, day of the week, holidays IS
Wichmann, 2012 (33)
Copenhagen, Denmark.
1999-2006 (8 year Apr-Sep
Danish Hospital Discharge Register
Fixed single urban background monitor, Aarhus University.
Hospital admissions
Time-stratified case-crossover study. Conditional logistic regression
3hr maximum apparent temperature
Public holidays, influenza, PM10, NO2 and CO. Sensitivity analysis with GAM and GEE models AMI
Lim, 2012 (34)
4 cities, South Korea
2003-2006 (4 year)
Korea National Health Insurance Corporation (KNHIC)
Korean Meteorological Administration.
Hospital admissions
GLM Poisson regression, temperature-matched case-crossover
Diurnal temperature range
Time trend, relative humidity,mean temperature, PM10 at lag 1, day of the week and the first day of the month
RR per 1°C increase in DTR, lag0-9Asthma1.04(1.01-1.06)
Basu 2012 (35)California, USA
2005-2008 (4 year) May-Sep
California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
California Irrigation Management
Information System17
and the US Environ- mental Protection Agency
Emergency hospital admissions
Time-stratified case-crossover: Univariate conditional logistic regressions followed by meta-analysis
Daily mean apparent temperature
Air pollution
IHD, Hypotension, Hypertension, Diabetes, heat illness
Vida, 2012 (36)
3 regions in Quebec, Candad
1995-2007 (13 year) May-Sep
Quebec hospitals emergency department database
Interpolated from local weather stations
Emergency hospital admissions
GAM, Poisson regression
Mean daily temperature
Over dispersion
Mental relative risk at 25 °CArea 1:1.09(1.03-1.15)Area 2:1.09(0.99-1.19) (Area 3:1.05(0.98-1.12)
Nunes da Silva, 2012 (37)
Sao Paulo
2003-2007 (5 year)
Brazilian National Health System Database (DATASUS)
Congonhas Airport meteorological station Hospital
admissionsLogistic regression
Maximum daily temperature
NACVD, RD
Alessandrini, 2011 (38)
9 study areas, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
2002-2006 (5 year) May-Sep
Ambulance dispatch database
Regional Agency for Environmental Protection Emergency
ambulance dispatches
Two stage: GAM Poisson regression. DLNM (for lagged structures) followed by random-effects meta-analysis
Daily mean apparent temperature
Air pollution, seasonality, long-term trend, holidays and weekends
CVD, RD
Pudpong, 2011 (39)
Chang Mai, Thailand
2002-2006 (3 year 11 months) All year
Health Insurance Claims Data, National Health Security Office
2 weather stations-Pollution Control Department (PCD)
Hospital admissions
Generalized negative binomial regression.
Mean daily temperature
Long-term trends, seasonality, day of the week, holiday effects, air pollution. Sensitivity analysis excluded re-admitted patients
RD, CVD, Diab, Intinf
Morabito, 2011 (40)
Tuscany, Italy
1997-2006 (11 year) All year
Tuscany Region Hospitalization Registry
Gridpoint located above tuscany at the NCEP
Primary discharge diagnosis
Two stage: GLM with Poisson link, followed by GAM with Poisson, constrained segmented distributed lag model
Mean daily temperature
Years, seasons, day of the week, public holidays, summer population reduction due to holiday
SAH, IntH, IS, Stroke
Hopstock, 2011 (41)
Tromso, Norway 1974-2004 All year
Discharge Diagnosis Register at the University Hospital of Tromsø
Tromsø Weather Station, Norwegian Meteorology Institute Web Page
Discharge diagnosis
Linear and polynomial terms in separate models, Poisson regression,
Mean temp as a 3-day average (the date of MI event and two previous days).
Season, day of the week MI
Wichmann, 2011 (42)
Copenhagen, Denmark
2002-2006 (5 year) Apr-Sep
Danish Hospital Discharge Register
Copenhagen urban background monitoring station, Aarhus University.
Emergency hospital admissions
Time-stratified, case-crossover. Conditional logistic regression
3hr maximum apparent temperature
Public holidays. Sensitivity analysis tested for 24hr mean temperature, relative humidity, air pollution, influenza. RD, CVD, CBD
Green, 2010
(43) California, USA
1999-2005 (6 year 4 month)
May-Sep Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD)
California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) and the US Environmental
Hospital admissions
Time-stratified, case-crossover study. Conditional logistic regression
Mean daily apparent temperature
Season, linear term for apparent temperature, day of the week, PM2.5, ozone
Pneumonia, IS, Dehydration, Gastro, Diab, AcuteRen
Protection Agency (US EPA).
Lin, 2009 (44)
New York, USA
1991-2004 (14 year) Jun-Aug
New York State Departmentof Health’s Statewide Planning and Research CooperativeSystem
Data Support Section of the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research
Discharge data
GAM, Poisson distributed errors
3- day moving average of mean apparent temperature
Holidays, day of the week, mid-term variation, long-term trends, ozone, barometric pressure and impact of the 2003 blackout CVD, RD
Michelozzi, 2009 (45)
12 european cities
1990-2001 (Minimum 3 years) Apr-Sep
Each city provided hospital admission data
Each city provided meteorological data
Hospital admissions
Two stage: GEE, Random effects meta-analysis
Maximum apparent temperature
Holidays, day of the week, calendar month, barometric pressure (lag 0–3), wind speed, maximum 1-hour daily NO2 (lag 0–1).
CVD, CBD, RD
Linares, 2008 (46)
Madrid, Spain
1995-2000 (5 year 4 month) May-Sep
Hospital General Univeristario Gregorio Maranón in Madrid
Spanish National Instiute of Meteorology
Emergency hospital admissions ARIMA modeling
Maximum temperature
Season, weekdays, air pollution RD
Kovats, 2004 (47)
London, UK
1994-2000 (5 year 11 month) All year Department of Health
Met Office, Heathrow Meteorological Station
Emergency hospital admission
GLM, Poission regression
Mean daily temperature
Long term trend, season, day of week, public holidays, Christmas period, influenza, relative humidity, air pollution (ozone, PM10) RD
Koken, 2003 (48)
Denver, USA
1993–1997(5 years) Jul-Aug
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
National Climate Data Center
Discharge diagnosis
GLM, Poisson regression, GEE for overdispersion
Maximum daily temperature
Yearly trends, day of the week, ambient maximum temperature, dew point temperature
AMI, CorAth, PulHD, Arrhyt, HeartFail
Morbidity-cold studies included in the systematic review
Author ID LocationTime-series Month Data source Weather data Health data Method
Temperature measure Controlled for Diseases
Giang, 2014 (25)
Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam
2008-2012 (5 years) All year
Four national and provincial hospitals of Thai Nguyen
Vietnam National Climate and Weather Center, Hanoi Hospital
admissions DLNMMean daily temperature
Time trends using natural cubic splines, day of the week, and public holidays
CVD
Liu, 2014 (49)Shanghai, China
2008-2011 (4 years)
Shanghai Municipal Medical Insurance System
Shanghai Center for Urban Environmental Meteorology.
Daily hospital admissions GAM, Poisson
regressionMean temperature
Long-term trend, the day of the week (DOW) and air pollutants
Pneumonia
Kim, 2014 (24)Soeul, Korea
2007-2010 (4 years) Dec-Feb
National Emergency Department Information System
Korean Meteorological Administration
Emergency department visits
GLMMean daily temperature
O3, PM10, temperature, relative humidity, and air pressure, national holidays and Sundays, long-term trends
Asthma
Vasconcelos, 2013 (50)
Lisbon and Opoto
2003-2007 (5 years) Nov-Mar
Diagnosis Related Groups Database
National Climatic Data Center from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration available at Meteorological Information Service OGIMET
Hospital admissions
GAM, Poisson regression
PET index (temperature, humidity, mean radiant temperature, wind speed)
Time trends (day of week, holiday), pneunomia, influenza, pm10 CVD, AMI
Chan, 2013 (28)Hong Kong
1998-2009 (12 years) Nov-Mar
Hong Kong SAR Hospital Authority Database
Hong Kong SAR Observatory
Hospital admissions
GAM, Poisson regression
Mean daily temperature
Time trends, season, air pollution RD, CVD, ID
Goggins, 2012 (32)
Hong Kong
1999-2006 (8 years)
Hong Kong Hospital Autority Database Hong Kong Observatory
Hospital admissions GAM
Mean daily temperature
Air pollution, flu epidemics, other meteorological variables, day of the week, holidays IS
Wichmann, 2012
(33) Copenhagen, Denmark.
1999-2006 (8 years)
Oct-Mar Danish Hospital Discharge Register
Fixed single urban background monitor, Aarhus University
Hospital admissions
Time-stratified case-crossover. Conditional logistic regression
3hr maximum apparent temperature
Public holidays, influenza, PM10, NO2 and CO. Sensitivity analysis with GAM
AMI
and GEE models
Nunes da Silva, 2012 (37)
Sao Paulo
2003-2007 (5 years)
Brazilian National Health System Database (DATASUS)
Congonhas Airport meteorological station Hospital
admissionsLogistic regression
Minimum daily temperature
NACVD, RD
Alessandrini, 2011 (38)
9 study areas, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
2002-2006 (5 years) May-Sep
Ambulance dispatch database
Regional Agency for Environmental Protection
Emergency ambulance dispatches
Two stage:GAM, Poisson regression, DLNM (for lagged structures) followed by random-effects meta-analysis
Daily mean apparent temperature
Air pollution, seasonality, long-term trend, holidays and weekends
CVD, RD
Morabito, 2011 (40)
Tuscany, Italy
1997-2006 (11 years) All year
Tuscany Region Hospitalization Registry
Gridpoint located above Tuscany at the NCEP-DOE reanalysis 2 archive
Primary discharge diagnosis
Two stage:GLM with Poisson link, GAM Poisson regression Constrained segmented distributed lag model
Mean daily temperature
Years, season, day of the week, public holidays, and summer population reduction due to holidays
SAH, IntH, IS, Stroke
Wichmann, 2011 (42)
Copenhagen, Denmark
2002-2006 (5 years) Oct-Mar
Danish Hospital Discharge Register
Copenhagen urban background monitoring station, Aarhus University
Emergency hospital admissions
Time-stratified, case-crossover study. Conditional logistic regression
3hr maximum apparent temperature
Public holidays. Sensitivity analysis tested for 24hr mean temperature, relative humidity, air pollution, influenza.
RD, CVD, CBD
Bhaskaran, 2010 (51)
England and Wales
2003-2006 (4 years)
Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit project
British Atmospheric Data Centre
Hospital admissions GLM
Mean daily temperature
Day of the week, public holiday, influenza and RSV levels, PM 10, ozone, daily relative humidity MI
Ebi, 2004 (52)
3 cities, California, USA
1983-1998 (15 years 5 month)
California’s Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
National Climatic Data Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Hospital admissions
GEE, Poisson regression
Maximum Temperature
CBD, AMI, Angina, Heartfail
Hong 2003 (53) Incheon, Korea
1998 - 2000 (3 years)
All year Inha University Hospital
National Meteorological Office.
Hospital admissions
Bi-directional case-crossover study. Conditional logistic regression
Mean daily temperature
Relative humidity, barometric pressure, air pollution, circadian rhythm, day of the
IS
week
Hajat, 2002 (54) London1992-1995 (4 years)
General Practice Research database Meteorological Office
General Practice visits GAM
Mean daily temperature
Season, long-term trend, day of the week, Christmas, New Year, Easter, Bank Holidays and Thunderstorm effects
RD, Asthma, Lower Resp. Disease, Upper Resp. disease, CVD
Ebi, 2001 (55)
3 cities, California, USA
1983-1998 (15 years 5 month) Oct-Apr
California’s Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
National Climatic Data Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Hospital admissions
GEE, Poisson regression
Minimum daily Temperature Time trend
Viral Pneumonia
Supplementary file 2 (S2): Detailed study characteristics. Effect estimates are given for studies only included in the systematic review. The effect estimates of studies included in the meta-analysis can be found in Supplementary file 6 (forest plots).
Mortality studies comparing two reference temperatures
Author ID LocationTime-series Month Data source Weather data Health data Method
Temperature measure Controlled for Diseases
Breitner, 2014 (56)
Bavaria, Germany
1990-2006 (17 years)
Heat: Jun-AugCold: Dec-Feb
Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing
German Weather Service and the Bavarian Environment Agency
Daily death counts
Generalised semiparametric quasi-Poisson models
Mean daily temperature Heat: 20 vs 24.4°CCold: -7.5 vs-1.0°C
Long-term trend, seasonality, weekday variations, influenza epidemics, relative humidity and barometric pressure
CBD relative riskHeat:1.13(1.06-1.12)Cold: 1.09(1.02-1.16)CVDHeat: 1.13)1.06-1.12)Cold: 1.14(1.01-1.28)IHDHeat: 1.09(1.10-1.18)Cold: 1.03(0.88-1.12)Other heart diseaseHeat:1.15(1.05-1.27)Cold:1.14(1.04-1.24)
Tian, 2012 (57)Beijing, China
2000-2011(12 years) All year
Death classification system, Beijing public security bureau
China meteorological data sharing service system Daily death
counts
DLNM, compared to case-crossover conditional logistic regression
Mean daily temperatureHeat: 30.5 vs 27°CCold: -7.6 vs -2.2°C
Season, long-term trend
Coronary heart disease % changeHeat:1.47(1.13-1.91) time-seriesHeat:1.48(1.05-2.08) case-crossoverCold:1.29(1.06-1.58) time-seriesCold:1.49(1.15-1.93) case-crossover
Lin, 2011 (58)4 regions, Taiwan
1994-2007 (14 years)
May-Oct (heat)
Nov–Dec and Jan–Apr (cold)
Executive Yuan Department of Health and The Ministry of Interior
The Central Weather Bureau
Daily death counts
Two stage: DLNM, random-effect meta-analysis of all 4 regions
Mean daily temperatureHeat: 30 vs 26 °CCold: 18 vs 26°C
Consecutive days of temperature extremes, daily city-specific averages of PM10, NOx, O3, and RH, daily mortality from pneumonia and influenza, gender, holiday effects, day of the week, and long-term trends
CVD relative riskHeat: 1.08Cold:1.2RDHeat:1.06Cold:1.06
O’Neill, 2003 (65+)
(59) 7 counties, Chicago, USA
1986-1993 (8 years)
All year National Center for Health Statistics mortality
Airport weather station nearest to each of the 7 counties county
Daily death counts
Two stage: Poisson regression, random-effects meta-analysis
Mean daily apparent temperature Heat: 29 vs 18°CCold: -5 vs
Daily barometric pressure, particulate matter, apparent temperature, day of the week, and day of study (to control for
CVD % changeHeat: 1.63(-2.5-5.9)Cold: 9.7(7-12.4)RDHeat: -2.5(-11.2-7.1)Cold:14.3(8.3-20.6)
15°C
long-term and seasonal trends).
Pan, 1995 (60) Taiwan1981-1991 (11 years) All year
Department of health
Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan
Daily death counts
Logistic Regression analysis
Mean daily temperatureHeat: IS:29 vs 32, HS:28 vs 32°C, IHD:26 vs 32Cold:IS:29 vs 9, HS:28 vs 13°C, IHD:26 vs 9
NA
IS odds ratioHeat: 1.66(1.33-2.08)Cold: 1.92(1.50-2.46)HSHeat: 1.56(1.32-1.83)Cold: 0.73(0.56-0.95)IHDHeat: 1.22(0.98-1.51)Cold: 1.55(1.22-1.96)
Morbidity study comparing two reference temperatures
Author ID LocationTime-series Month Data source Weather data Health data Method
Temperature measure Controlled for Diseases
Son, 2014 (61)8 Korean cities
2003-2008 (6 years)
Mar-Aug (heat)Sep-Feb (cold)
National health insurance corporation
National meteorological administration
Hopsital admissions
GLM, followed by bayesian heirarchical model
Mean daily temperature Heat: 25 vs 15, Cold:2 vs 15°C
1st day of each month, daily mean temperature, day of the week, relative humidity, and time trends
CVD % changeHeat:1.66(1.33-2.08) (65-74)1.92(1.50-2.46) (75+)Allergic diseaseCold:22.6(-6.9-61.3) (65-74)4.4(-41.4-86.1) (75+)AsthmaCold:15.1(-12.3-51.2) (65-74)10.5(-29.9-74.3) (75+)Selected RDCold:31.7(-17.9-111.4) (65-74)23(-16.5-81.2) (75+)
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