Table 3 ED presentations by non-hot, single hot and heatwave days, December to February 2000 to 2012
From: The impact of heatwaves on emergency department visits in Brisbane, Australia: a time series study
HWD1 | HWD2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-hot | Single hot | Heatwave | Non-hot | Single hot | Heatwave | Total | |
Number of days | 1,034 | 19 | 30 | 1,076 | 2 | 5 | 1,083 |
Presentations | 479 | 34 | 115 | 556 | 9 | 63 | 628 |
Average/day | 0.46 | 1.79 | 3.83 | 0.52 | 4.50 | 12.60 | 0.58 |
(95% CI) | (0.41, 0.52) | (0.95, 2.63) | (1.47, 6.20) | (0.48, 0.56) | (3.52, 5.48) | (1.06, 24.14) | (0.49, 0.67) |
RR* (95% CI) | 4.98 (3.88, 6.38) | 18.53 (12.05, 28.49) | |||||