TY - JOUR
T1 - The linkage among ambulance transports, death and climate parameters in Asahikawa City, Japan
AU - Kataoka, Hiroaki
AU - Mochimasu, Kazumi Dokai
AU - Katayama, Akihiko
AU - Kanda, Kanae Oda
AU - Sakano, Noriko
AU - Tanaka, Keiko
AU - Miyatake, Nobuyuki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, The Japanese Society for Hygiene.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the linkage among climate parameters, total ambulance transports and the number of deaths in Asahikawa City in northern Japan.Methods: Monthly data on total ambulance transports and the number of deaths from January 2004 to December 2011 were obtained from Asahikawa City Fire Department and the Asahikawa City official website. Climate parameters for the required period were also obtained from the Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan. To adjust for the population, we also used monthly population data on Asahikawa City. The linkage among climate parameters, total ambulance transports and the number of deaths was evaluated by ecological analysis.Results: The mean air temperature in the Asahikawa area was 7.3 ± 10.1 °C. Total ambulance transports (/a hundred thousand people/day) and the number of deaths (/a hundred thousand people/day) were 10.0 ± 0.6 and 2.6 ± 0.3, respectively. Using quadratic curves, total ambulance transports and the number of deaths were weakly correlated with some climate parameters. The number of deaths was weakly and positively correlated with total ambulance transports.Conclusion: A weak linkage among climate parameters, total ambulance transports and the number of deaths was noted in Asahikawa City, Japan. However, these associations were not as high as expected.
AB - Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the linkage among climate parameters, total ambulance transports and the number of deaths in Asahikawa City in northern Japan.Methods: Monthly data on total ambulance transports and the number of deaths from January 2004 to December 2011 were obtained from Asahikawa City Fire Department and the Asahikawa City official website. Climate parameters for the required period were also obtained from the Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan. To adjust for the population, we also used monthly population data on Asahikawa City. The linkage among climate parameters, total ambulance transports and the number of deaths was evaluated by ecological analysis.Results: The mean air temperature in the Asahikawa area was 7.3 ± 10.1 °C. Total ambulance transports (/a hundred thousand people/day) and the number of deaths (/a hundred thousand people/day) were 10.0 ± 0.6 and 2.6 ± 0.3, respectively. Using quadratic curves, total ambulance transports and the number of deaths were weakly correlated with some climate parameters. The number of deaths was weakly and positively correlated with total ambulance transports.Conclusion: A weak linkage among climate parameters, total ambulance transports and the number of deaths was noted in Asahikawa City, Japan. However, these associations were not as high as expected.
KW - Air temperature
KW - Ambulance transports
KW - Asahikawa
KW - Climate parameters
KW - Death
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U2 - 10.1007/s12199-014-0429-z
DO - 10.1007/s12199-014-0429-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 25466262
AN - SCOPUS:84939971624
SN - 1342-078X
VL - 20
SP - 63
EP - 67
JO - Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
JF - Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
IS - 1
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