Table 2 Summary statistics for daily number of COPD deaths, daily air pollutant concentrations and weather conditions in Guangzhou, China, 2007–2011.

From: The burden of COPD mortality due to ambient air pollution in Guangzhou, China

Variables

Mean ± SD

Minimum

Percentile

Maximum

25th

50th

75th

Daily COPD deaths

6 ± 3

0

4

5

7

22

PM10 (μg/m3)

72.6 ± 37.7

7.6

45.4

65.1

91.1

295.8

SO2 (μg/m3)

40.0 ± 27.4

2.4

20.0

34.3

52.6

198.5

NO2 (μg/m3)

60.7 ± 27.0

17.6

41.1

53.9

73.4

213.3

Mean temperature (°C)

22.5 ± 6.4

5.4

18.0

24.0

27.7

33.5

Mean humidity (%)

71.8 ± 13.2

25.0

64.0

73.0

82.0

99.0

Mean pressure (hpa)

10 077 ± 69

9 887

10 026

10 072

10 130

10 266