Table 4 Principal Component Analysis Results for Wildfire Smoke Sensitivity and Adaptive Capacity
Components | Sensitivity Variables | Proportion of variance (%) | Adaptive Capacity Variables | Proportion of variance (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Respiratory diseases (asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), Cardiovascular diseases (acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft, hypertension), cerebrovascular diseases (hospitalised stroke) | 47.5 | Low education, Female | 44.1 |
2 | Age (< 5 and > 65 years old) | 16.9 | Indigenous status, Recent immigrants, Visible minority | 23.3 |
3 | General self-rated health | 13.3 | Income inequality | 15.2 |
4 | Â | Â | Community belonging | 11.2 |
Total variance explained: | 77.7 | Â | 93.8 | |