Subgroup RR of non-cancer-related mortality corresponding to 3°C increases and decrease in a single day's average daily temperature above 28.2°C for Hong Kong 1998–2006
| Non-cancer-related death* | 3.0°C increase above 28.2°C | 3.0°C decrease below 28.2°C | N† | ||
| RR (95% CI) | p Value | RR (95% CI) | p Value | ||
| Cardiovascular | 1.085 (1.014 to 1.162) | 0.019 | 1.044 (1.137 to 0.959) | 0.094 | 30 054 |
| Stroke‡ | 1.108 (0.972 to 1.264) | 0.123 | 1.043 (0.947 to 1.149) | 0.392 | 9623 |
| Respiratory | 1.010 (0.959 to 1.064) | 0.715 | 1.002 (0.964 to 1.041) | 0.938 | 8648 |
| Nephritis | 1.165 (0.966 to 1.405) | 0.110 | 1.113 (0.968 to 1.280) | 0.132 | 4035 |
| Diabetes | 1.093 (0.851 to 1.404) | 0.485 | 0.990 (0.823 to 1.190) | 0.911 | 2411 |
| Septicaemia | 1.128 (0.870 to 1.464) | 0.363 | 1.030 (0.848 to 1.251) | 0.766 | 2295 |
| Aortic aneurism | 0.859 (0.573 to 1.288) | 0.462 | 0.987 (0.732 to 1.330) | 0.930 | 992 |
| Cirrhosis | 0.979 (0.715 to 1.341) | 0.894 | 1.005 (0.795 to 1.272) | 0.964 | 1574 |
| Respiratory infection | 1.102 (0.997 to 1.217) | 0.057 | 1.010 (0.937 to 1.089) | 0.790 | 14 479 |
| Other | 1.083 (0.978 to 1.199) | 0.125 | 1.009 (0.936 to 1.089) | 0.809 | 13 634 |
↵* ICD 9/ICD 10 codes for the studied medical conditions: cancer (ICD9 120–208 or ICD10 C00–C97); cardiovascular (ICD9 390–459 or ICD 10 I00–I99); stroke (ICD9 430–438 or ICD10 I60–I69); respiratory (ICD9 470–478, 490–589 or ICD10 J30–J98); nephritis (ICD9 580–589 or ICD10 N00–N19); diabetes (ICD9 250 or ICD10 E10–E14); septicaemia (ICD9 O38 or ICD10 A40–A41); aortic aneurism (ICD9 441 or ICD10 I71); cirrhosis (ICD9 571 or ICD10 K70, K73, K74); respiratory infection (ICD9 460–466, 480–487, 381–382 or ICD10 J00–J06, J10–J18, H65–H66, J20–J22).
↵† N=79 069 total non-cancer deaths were included in the analysis. Subgroup totals may not add up due to other or unknown cases.
↵‡ Stroke (cerebrovascular disease) is a subgroup of cardiovascular.