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Table 3 Frequency of visits by center and diagnosis group (mean, standard deviation, visits per day)

From: Air pollution and emergency department visits for cardiac and respiratory conditions: a multi-city time-series analysis

Center

Myocardial Infarction/Angina

Heart Failure

Dysrhythmia/Conduction Disturbance

Asthma

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Respiratory Infection

Montreal

4,978

3,833

3,943

2,925

2,394

4,761

 

(2.3, 1.5)

(1.8, 1.3)

(1.8, 1.4)

(1.3, 1.3)

(1.1, 1.1)

(2.2, 1.7)

Ottawa

12,156

5,115

6,912

5,873

4,764

8,222

 

(3.9, 2)

(1.7, 1.3)

(2.2, 1.5)

(1.9, 1.5)

(1.5, 1.3)

(2.7, 2)

Edmonton

35,207

17,115

26,813

62,563

26,527

90,509

 

(9.6, 3.8)

(4.7, 2.3)

(7.3, 3.1)

(17.1, 6.2)

(7.3, 4.5)

(24.8, 14.6)

Saint John

2,435

1,312

1,096

4,771

1,761

8,446

 

(1.8, 1.4)

(1, 1)

(0.8, 0.9)

(3.5, 2.3)

(1.3, 1.2)

(6.2, 3.9)

Halifax

2,834

1,661

1,643

2,815

1,978

5,321

 

(1.8, 1.5)

(1, 1.1)

(1, 1.1)

(1.8, 1.5)

(1.2, 1.2)

(3.4, 2.3)

Toronto

3,194

2,035

2,897

2,652

1,827

3,563

 

(3.1, 1.9)

(1.8, 1.5)

(2.5, 1.8)

(2.1, 1.8)

(1.5, 1.4)

(3.1, 2.2)

Vancouver

2,380

1,242

1,856

1,964

1,240

4,323

 

(1.6, 1.3)

(0.8, 0.9)

(1.2, 1.1)

(1.3, 1.2)

(0.8, 1)

(2.8, 2)

Total

63,184

32,313

45,160

83,563

40,491

125,145