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Table 5 Principal Component Analysis Results for Ground-level Ozone Sensitivity and Adaptive Capacity

From: Geospatial indicators of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity to assess neighbourhood variation in vulnerability to climate change-related health hazards

Components

Sensitivity Variables

Proportion of variance (%)

Adaptive Capacity

Variables

Proportion of variance (%)

1

Chronic lung disease

Diabetes

Hypertension

40.3

Immigrant status,

Visible minority

32.4

2

Age (< 5 and > 65 years old)

16.3

Transit commuter,

Material deprivation

20.0

3

General self-rated health, Multiple chronic conditions

15.7

Non-urban area, Indigenous status

16.6

4

  

Social deprivation

10.5

5

 

Low fruit and vegetable intake

8.6

Total variance explained:

72.3

 

88.1