Daily number of death, temperature, and black smoke: descriptive statistics
| Glasgow conurbation* | Edinburgh* | Aberdeen* | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | |
| *Population estimates (1991 Census): Glasgow, 1 021 000; Edinburgh, 398 000; Aberdeen, 233 000. | ||||||||||||
| All cause mortality | 45.1 | 9.3 | 20 | 100 | 13.8 | 4.2 | 2 | 42 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 0 | 18 |
| ⩾65 | 34.5 | 7.8 | 12 | 82 | 11.3 | 3.8 | 1 | 35 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 0 | 16 |
| <65 | 10.6 | 3.7 | 1 | 28 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0 | 9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0 | 7 |
| Cardiorespiratory mortality | 24.5 | 7.4 | 7 | 67 | 7.6 | 3.2 | 0 | 32 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0 | 13 |
| ⩾65 | 20.4 | 6.3 | 4 | 56 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 0 | 29 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0 | 12 |
| <65 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 0 | 19 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0 | 4 |
| Cardiovascular mortality | 19.0 | 5.7 | 4 | 49 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 0 | 20 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0 | 12 |
| ⩾65 | 15.6 | 4.8 | 3 | 37 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 0 | 18 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0 | 10 |
| <65 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 0 | 16 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0 | 6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Respiratory mortality | 5.5 | 3.3 | 0 | 32 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0 | 12 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0 | 9 |
| ⩾65 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 0 | 29 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0 | 11 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0 | 8 |
| <65 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 2 |
| “Other” cause mortality | 21.1 | 5.0 | 5 | 51 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 0 | 20 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 0 | 11 |
| ⩾65 | 13.6 | 4.1 | 0 | 34 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 0 | 15 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0 | 9 |
| <65 | 6.5 | 2.7 | 0 | 19 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0 | 8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0 | 7 |
| Daytime mean air temperature (°C) | 9.6 | 5.2 | −16.6 | 24.7 | 9.5 | 5.1 | −12.7 | 24.5 | 8.8 | 4.9 | −13.3 | 24.5 |
| Daytime mean wind chill (°C) | 6.2 | 6.1 | −19.68 | 27.2 | 6.0 | 6.0 | −16.1 | 23.8 | 5.3 | 6.0 | −16.8 | 23.0 |
| Daily mean black smoke (μg/ml3) | 18.8 | 22.8 | 1 | 541 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 1 | 194 | 8.3 | 11.8 | 1 | 322 |