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Table 1 Variables, definitions and data sources

From: Impact of long-term exposure to PM2.5 and temperature on coronavirus disease mortality: observed trends in France

Variables

Definition

Data sources

Data year

Level considered

COVID-19 death rate in hospitals

Number of cumulated COVID-19 deaths in hospitals expressed per 100 000 people

Ministry of Health

https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/donnees-hospitalieres-relatives-a-lepidemie-de-covid-19/

2020

Department

Availability of healthcare services

 Number of resuscitation beds

Number of resuscitation beds expressed per 100 000 people

Ministry of Health

https://drees.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr

2018

Department

 Number of intensive care beds

Number of intensive care beds expressed per 100 000 people

Ministry of Health

https://drees.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr

2018

Department

 Physicians density

Number of physicians divided by the department area

Ministry of Health

https://drees.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr

2018

Department

Socio-spatial factors

 %People aged 60 + 

Proportion of the population 60 years of age or older

Eurostat

2019

Department

 %Males

Proportion of male sex in population

Eurostat

2019

Department

 %Unemployment

Proportion of adults unemployed adults

Eurostat

2019

Department

 %Urban population

Proportion of people living in the greater urban areas (per cent)

FNORS/STATISS 2019, version of May 18, 2020

2016

Department

 Rate of poverty

Rate of monetary poverty (per cent)

FNORS

2016

Department

 Population density

Number of people by square kilometer

Eurostat

2019

Department

 Population size

Size of population for each department (by thousand)

Eurostat

2019

Department

Health risk factors

 Standardized Prevalence rate of Diabetes

Standardized prevalence rate of pharmacologically treated diabetes (all types) (%)

https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr/maladies-et-traumatismes/diabete

2018

Department

Environmental factors

 PM2.5

Particle matter 2.5 (micro g / m3)

Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME)

1999–2016

Department

 Temperature

Annual average of temperature (°C)

World climate

https://www.worldclim.org

2001–2012

Department

  1. NB: The rate is standardized according to age, the reference population being the whole of France in the 2006 population census