Table 1

Summary statistics by season for each diagnostic group (daily numbers of people consulting) and for air pollution and meteorological variables

Warm season (April–September)Cool season (October–March)All year
MeanSD10th centile90th centileMeanSD10th centile90th centileMeanSD10th centile90th centile
Asthma
All ages33.021.325737.623.736635.322.6262
 Young12.18.512315.910.623014.09.8127
 Adults17.611.813217.911.713217.711.8132
 Elderly3.32.7073.93.1083.63.008
Other LRD
All ages121.275.49207188.7116.515323154.9103.711284
 Young28.519.035450.933.069339.729.2478
 Adults58.237.1310189.558.0516173.851.14138
 Elderly34.522.036148.430.458441.127.4474
NO2, av (ppb)32.810.820.846.634.510.12446.133.610.522.346.3
O3, 8 hour (ppb)22.712.29.838.312.17.63.623.417.511.54.430.1
SO2, av (μg/m3)20.56.513.428.422.09.012.833.321.27.813.031.0
BS, av (μg/m3)10.14.55.215.99.61.86.027.812.77.95.521.6
CO, av (ppm)0.70.30.41.01.00.50.51.60.80.40.51.3
PM10, av (μg/m3)28.213.116.346.428.814.215.346.928.513.715.846.5
Temp (°C)1-150 15.53.810.220.18.33.23.912.611.95.05.618.6
Humidity1-151 67.210.654.58273.610.359.58770.410.956.085.0
  • 1-150 Average of daily maximum and minimum temperatures.

  • 1-151 Average of daily humidity measures at 06.00 and 15.00 hours.