Figure 2: Observed relationship between daily temperatures and numbers of deaths in Europe.
From: Long-term projections and acclimatization scenarios of temperature-related mortality in Europe
Dots depict the daily observed values of (a) mean, (b) apparent, (c) minimum and (d) maximum temperature (°C) and mortality (cases per million) for the 1998–2003 period. Pearson's correlations of daily data for days below or above the comfort temperature (dashed lines) are −0.7 (a), −0.7 (b), −0.71 (c) and −0.69 (d) for the cold tail, and 0.62 (a), 0.56 (b), 0.59 (c) and 0.61 (d) for the warm tail. Circles show the averages of data belonging to equally spaced intervals of temperature.
