The association of cold weather and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the island of Ireland between 1984 and 2007

Zeka, Ariana; Browne, Stephen; McAvoy, Helen; Goodman, Patrick

doi:10.1186/1476-069X-13-104

Environmental Health

Table 1 Total number of deaths stratified by age and gender in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland between 1984 and 2007

From: The association of cold weather and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the island of Ireland between 1984 and 2007

Cause of death	Gender	Republic of Ireland								Northern Ireland
		All year				Cold period				All year				Cold period
		All ages	18-64 yr.	65-74 yr.	75+ yr.	All ages	18-64 yr.	65-74 yr.	75+ yr.	All ages	18-64 yr.	65-74 yr.	75+ yr.	All ages	18-64 yr.	65-74 yr.	75+ yr.
All-cause Mortality	Male	367548	82345	100866	184337	196918	39411	53776	93136	168304	40129	46253	81922	89471	19248	24425	40922
All-cause Mortality	Female	341562	52572	65219	223771	184181	24471	34704	116771	179632	26934	33587	11911	96612	12723	17801	62179
CVD	Male	127771	28183	37217	62371	68745	14677	20026	31487	57434	13868	17520	26046	30595	7168	9328	12939
CVD	Female	103469	8220	18991	76258	56196	4312	10210	39949	51892	4897	10566	36429	28140	2684	5738	18798
IHD	Male	101936	23909	31549	46472	54697	12450	16910	23309	44975	11844	14243	18888	23990	6144	7608	9328
IHD	Female	72103	5997	14898	51206	39066	3167	7989	26636	34911	3581	7889	23441	18932	1980	4243	12061
MI	Male	71695	16429	23351	31912	38526	8551	12516	16001	37543	9046	12208	16289	20063	4693	6515	8058
MI	Female	49351	4235	11189	33925	26868	2246	6058	17638	30452	2963	7129	20360	16602	1641	3853	10533
Respiratory Disease	Male	54019	5348	12151	36520	31263	2858	7169	19948	26398	3058	5634	17706	15217	1550	3264	9635
Respiratory Disease	Female	52180	3601	7966	40613	30680	2024	4736	22933	31651	2357	4123	25171	18605	1193	2418	14405
COPD	Male	24523	2228	6913	15371	14435	1343	4144	8360	7765	920	2357	4488	4465	568	1358	2344
COPD	Female	16115	1422	4140	10546	9729	889	2570	5892	5627	736	1628	3263	3379	458	996	1794
Pneumonia	Male	21613	1556	3443	16470	12405	868	2018	9042	14113	1081	2193	10839	8163	564	1286	6010
Pneumonia	Female	27636	1029	2559	23933	16051	614	1458	13580	21843	819	1758	19266	12818	416	1015	11115
Stroke	Male	28235	3637	6932	17666	15273	1915	3719	9033	14781	1951	3552	9278	7865	1005	1866	4662
Stroke	Female	38902	2978	5834	30090	21183	1520	3139	15877	24760	1696	3468	19596	13332	866	1838	10278

Abbreviations: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CVD = cardiovascular disease, IHD = ischemic heart disease, MI = myocardial infarction, total = male and female, and yr. = years.

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