Table 1 Summary statistics of daily weather conditions and accidental human mortality in Shenzhen, China, 2013–2017.

From: Effect of temperature on accidental human mortality: A time-series analysis in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province in China

Variable

Number of observation

Mean ± SD

P25

P50

P75

P95

Accidental mortality

4141

2.26 ± 2.41

1

2

3

6

Male

3072

1.68 ± 1.81

1

1

2

4

Female

1069

0.59 ± 0.99

0

0

1

2

Education attainment

Poor education

3130

1.71 ± 2.14

1

1

2

4

Good education

887

0.49 ± 0.75

0

0

1

2

Meteorological data

Temperature (°C)

1826

23.45 ± 5.49

19.10

24.70

28.10

30.30

Mean humidity (%)

1826

77.31 ± 13.34

71

79

87

96

Wind speed (m/s)

1826

1.52 ± 0.64

1.10

1.40

1.80

2.80

Precipitation (mm)

1826

5.39 ± 16.69

0

0

1.40

32.10

Pressure (hPa)

1826

999.33 ± 81.55

1001.0

1005.5

1010.90

1016.26

Sunshine (h)

1826

5.71 ± 0.64

2.50

6.10

8.73

10.80

  1. SD: standard deviation; Mean: daily average number of variables; P25, P50, P75, P95 are equal to the 25th, 50th, 75th, 95th percentile of the distributions;
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