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Table 1 PHEWE cities: characteristics and data series available

From: Assessment and prevention of acute health effects of weather conditions in Europe, the PHEWE project: background, objectives, design

 

Characteristics

Health data – Time series used

City

Population

% 75+

Mortaliy rate (× 100.000)*

Mortality

Hospital Admissions

Athens

3 188 305

6.4

663.6

1992–1996

 

Barcelona

1 512 971

10.1

542.5

1992–2000

1994–1997

Budapest

1 797 222

7.3

1093.6

1992–2001

1997–2000

Dublin

481 854

5.3

826.7

1990–2000

1994–2001

Helsinki

955 143

5.0

590.0

1990–2000

 

Krakow

741 510

8.9**

805.4

1990–1996

 

Ljubljana

263 290

5.9

719.1

1992–1999

1997–1999

London

6 796 900

6.8

584.5

1992–2000

1992–2000

Milan

1 304 942

9.5

439.4

1990–2000

1990–1999

Paris

6 161 393

6.1

554.0

1991–1998

1991–1995

Prague

1 183 900

7.0

779.4

1992–2000

 

Rome

2 812 573

7.3

497.4

1992–2000

1998–2000

Stockholm

1 173 183

8.5

576.2

1990–2000

1990–2000

Turin

901 010

9.2

479.5

1991–1999

1995–1999

Valencia

739 004

7.6

595.6

1995–2000

1996–2000

Zurich

990 000

n.a.

n.a.

1990–1996

1990–1996

  1. * adjusted for gender and age
  2. ** >= 70 years