Table 1

 Summary statistics of daily mortality (number of deaths) and Tappmax (°C) in four Italian cities during summer for the reference period, 2003 and 2004

Daily mortality (number of deaths)Tappmax (°C)
meanstandard deviationminimummeanmaximum
Bologna
1996–200210.43.512.328.440.0
200311.83.917.630.137.3
20049.33.015.927.435.2
Milano
1995–200225.46.412.328.641.4
200329.210.419.133.544.4
200423.05.316.029.339.3
Roma
1995–200251.49.713.328.838.9
200359.311.322.131.039.0
200452.58.018.328.637.1
Torino
1995–200218.54.810.125.137.3
200323.79.913.828.639.2
200417.34.214.324.734.7