Table 1 Demographic characteristics of 2183 participants from Guangdong province
|  | Heatstroke experience | χ 2 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n=2,034) | No (n=149) | |||
N (%) | N (%) | |||
Gender | Â | Â | 0.06 | 0.805 |
  Male | 1,087 (93.3) | 78 (6.7) | ||
  Female | 947 (93.0) | 71 (7.0) | ||
Age (years) | Â | Â | 3.81 | 0.580 |
  <20 | 168 (94.34) | 10 (5.6) | ||
  20–29 | 401 (93.3) | 29 (6.7) | ||
  30–39 | 495 (93.6) | 34 (6.4) | ||
  40–49 | 479 (93.6) | 33 (6.5) | ||
  50–59 | 282 (90.7) | 29 (9.3) | ||
  ≥60 | 209 (93.7) | 14 (6.3) | ||
Education | Â | Â | 7.18 | 0.127 |
  Elementary school or lower | 474 (91.2) | 46 (8.9) | ||
  Junior middle school | 652 (92.6) | 52 (7.4) | ||
  Senior middle school or vocational school | 493 (94.8) | 27 (5.2) | ||
  College or above | 355 (94.7) | 20 (5.3) | ||
  Didn’t answer | 60 (93.8) | 4 (6.3) | ||
Occupation | Â | Â | 30.13 | <0.001 |
  Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry or fishing | 449 (88.6) | 58 (11.4) | ||
  Service trade | 417 (93.1) | 31 (6.2) | ||
  Person in charge of institute | 145 (95.4) | 7 (4.6) | ||
  Technician | 243 (96.4) | 9 (3.6) | ||
  Military or student | 166 (93.3) | 12 (6.7) | ||
  Unemployment or retired | 236 (92.6) | 19 (7.5) | ||
  Other | 378 (96.7) | 13 (3.3) | ||
Family monthly income per person (yuan) | 39.54 | 0.001 | ||
  < 500 | 246 (85.4) | 42 (14.6) | ||
  500–999 | 350 (91.4) | 33 (8.6) | ||
  1,000–1,999 | 396 (96.1) | 16 (3.9) | ||
  2,000–4,999 | 491 (94.6) | 28 (5.4) | ||
  5,000–9,999 | 159 (94.1) | 10 (5.9) | ||
  ≥10,000 | 64 (97.0) | 2 (3.0) | ||
  Don’t know or refused to answer | 328 (94.8) | 18 (5.2) | ||
Residential area | Â | Â | 38.60 | <0.001 |
  Urban | 1,028 (96.6) | 36 (3.4) | ||
  Rural | 1,006 (89.9) | 113 (10.1) | ||