MONICA populations, weather station locations, years of data available for analysis, mean daily age and sex standardised rate of coronary events per 100000, and daily temperature and humidity
| MONICA Population | Weather station location and source* | Years | Mean daily CHD rate | Daily temperature (°C) | Humidity (%)Mean | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | % Missing | |||||
| Populations are listed in order of mean daily temperature. All statistics are based on the daily results for the years specified. CHD, coronary heart disease; NA, not available. *NCDC, National Climatic Data Center, USA; BADC, British Atmospheric Data Centre; FMI, Finnish Meteorological Institute; MET, Met Office; MSC, Meteorological Service of Canada; SNMI, Spanish National Metereological Institute; HVRF, Hunter Valley Research Foundation. †Coronary event rates combined across MONICA populations. | |||||||
| Northern Sweden | Haparanda, NCDC | 1985–95 (11 years) | 1.7 | 1.5 | 10.6 | 0 | 75.6 |
| North Karelia, Finland | Joensuu, FMI | 1983–92 (10 years) | 2.7 | 3.3 | 11.3 | 0 | 75.3 |
| Kuopio, Finland | Kuopio, FMI | 1983–92 (10 years) | 2.3 | 3.7 | 11.1 | 0 | 77.8 |
| Iceland | Reykjavik, NCDC | 1981–94 (14 years) | 1.6 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 0 | 79.6 |
| Moscow, Russia† | Moscow, NCDC | 1985–93 (9 years) | 2.7 | 5.5 | 10.5 | 0.1 | 77.8 |
| Turku/Loimaa, Finland | Turku/Loimaa, FMI | 1983–92 (10 years) | 1.8 | 6.0 | 9.4 | 0 | 76.2 |
| Halifax, Canada | Shearwater, MSC | 1984–93 (10 years) | 1.8 | 6.5 | 9.1 | 0 | NA |
| Kaunas, Lithuania | Kaunas, NCDC | 1983–92 (10 years) | 1.5 | 7.1 | 8.8 | 0 | 79.8 |
| Gothenburg, Sweden | Gothenburg, NCDC | 1984–94 (11 years) | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 0.3 | 79.9 |
| Augsburg, Germany | Munich, NCDC | 1985–94 (10 years) | 0.8 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 0 | 72.7 |
| Bremen, Germany | Bremen, NCDC | 1985–92 (8 years) | 1.0 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 0 | NA |
| Belfast, UK | Malone, MET | 1983–90 (8 years) | 2.5 | 9.2 | 4.8 | 4.9 | NA |
| Czech Republic | Prague, BADC | 1990–93 (4 years) | 1.6 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 0 | 73.3 |
| Vaud/Fribourg, Switzerland | Payerne, BADC | 1990–93 (4 years) | 0.4 | 9.4 | 7.3 | 0 | 77.3 |
| East Germany | Dresden, NCDC | 1985–93 (9 years) | 1.5 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 0 | 70.9 |
| Ghent and Charleroi, Belgium† | Uccle, NCDC | 1983–92 (10 years) | 2.8 | 10.3 | 6.5 | 0 | 75.6 |
| Strasbourg, France | Strasbourg, NCDC | 1985–93 (9 years) | 1.0 | 10.5 | 7.6 | 0 | 76.4 |
| Beijing, China | Beijing, NCDC | 1984–93 (10 years) | 0.3 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 0 | NA |
| Area Brianza, Italy | Milan, BADC | 1990–94 (5 years) | 0.8 | 13.1 | 8.4 | 0 | 77.6 |
| Friuli, Italy | Udine, BADC | 1990–93 (4 years) | 0.8 | 13.1 | 7.8 | 0 | 73.1 |
| Toulouse, France | Toulouse, NCDC | 1985–93 (9 years) | 0.7 | 13.4 | 6.9 | 0 | 65.6 |
| Stanford, CA, USA | Redwood City, NCDC | 1980–92 (13 years) | 1.6 | 15.4 | 4.8 | 0 | NA |
| Catalonia, Spain | Granollers, SNMI | 1985–94 (10 years) | 0.6 | 15.5 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 70.4 |
| Newcastle, Australia | Newcastle, HVRF | 1985–90 (6 years) | 1.7 | 23.0 | 4.6 | 0.1 | NA |