Table 2 Descriptive statistics of daily emergency department visits, air pollutants, and meteorological factors in Haikou City from 2018 to 2021.

From: Short-term effects of ambient air pollutants and meteorological factors on emergency department visits in tropical Haikou, China

Variables

Mean

SD

Min

Median

Max

IQR

Total

713

148.35

280

721

1196

188

Male

380

80.90

136

384

676

108

Female

333

71.17

121

335

538

88

Age, years

≤ 14

96

43.53

13

86

325

57

15–34

224

47.20

68

227

388

53

35–64

272

55.55

93

270

516

68

≥ 65

121

34.64

26

117

263

42

Meteorology

Temperature(℃)

25.24

4.38

8.50

26.20

33.00

6.20

Relative humidity(%)

80.33

8.20

36.00

81.00

99.00

11.00

Sun time(h)

5.32

3.86

0

5.60

12.80

7.50

Wind speed(m/s)

2.80

0.82

0.70

2.70

6.80

1.10

Air pressure(hpa)

1004.01

6.20

984.90

1004.20

1019.00

9.80

Air pollution

PM2.5(µg/m3)

15.67

9.30

0

13.00

62.00

10.00

PM10(µg/m3)

30.16

13.22

0

27.00

115.00

16.00

NO2(µg/m3)

11.38

4.80

2.00

11.00

41.00

6.00

SO2(µg/m3)

4.62

1.82

2.00

4.00

23.00

1.00

CO(mg/m3)

0.54

0.14

0.20

0.50

1.20

0.20

O3(µg/m3)

77.81

32.47

20.00

71.00

207.00

40.00

  1. 24-h averages for NO2, SO2, and CO; the maximal 8-h average for O3.
  2. SD standard deviation, IQR Inter quartile range.