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Table 1 Population characteristics and the number of cause-specific deaths by area of the city during the study period 2013–2017

From: Long-term effects of air pollutants on respiratory and cardiovascular mortality in a port city along the Adriatic sea

 

Harbour area

Total

No

Yes

N (mean)

% (SD)

N (mean)

% (SD)

Total population

90,085

89.8

10,258

10.2

100,343

Exposure

 PM2.5

18.1

4.7

21

1.5

 

 NO2

18.4

6.3

25.5

2.1

 

Age class

 0–4

3,838

4.3

491

4.8

4,329

 5–34

25,406

28.2

3,088

30.1

28,494

 35–64

38,217

42.4

4,466

43.5

42,683

 65–74

10,677

11.9

928

9

11,605

 75 + 

11,947

13.3

1,285

12.5

13,232

Sex

 Females

47,377

52.6

5,439

53

52,816

 Males

42,708

47.4

4,819

47

47,527

Socioeconomic position

 Very low

9,836

10.9

1,140

11.1

10,976

 Low

10,770

12

1,501

14.6

12,271

 Medium

13,048

14.5

1,892

18.4

14,940

 High

19,437

21.6

1,752

17.1

21,189

 Very high

31,470

34.9

3,823

37.3

35,293

 Missing

5,524

6.1

150

1.5

5,674

Mortality

 Natural

5,003

5.6

581

5.7

5,584

 Cardiovascular

1,817

2

234

2.3

2,051

 Respiratory

347

0.4

48

0.5

395

 Cancer

1,444

1.6

150

1.5

1,594

 Lung cancer

257

0.3

21

0.2

278

  1. Footnotes: SD standard deviation NO2: nitrogen dioxide, PM particulate matter