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Table 1 Summary statistics of data on hospital admissions and stays of sepsis, air pollutants, and weather conditions in 6 Sichuan cities, 2017–18

From: Sepsis-related hospital admissions and ambient air pollution: a time series analysis in 6 Chinese cities

 

Number (%)

Mean

SD

MIN

Median

MAX

Range

Hospital admissions of sepsis

 total

58,064

13

9

7

11

30

23

 0 ~ 13 years

16,325 (28.1%)

4

3

1

3

9

7

 14 ~ 65 years

28,905 (49.8%)

7

4

4

5

14

10

  > 65 years

12,834 (22.1%)

3

2

0

3

8

7

 male

24,764 (42.6%)

6

4

3

5

13

10

 female

33,300 (57.4%)

8

5

4

6

17

12

Hospital stays of sepsis

119

88

57

91

288

231

24-h average air pollutant concentrations, μg/m3

 PM2.5

 

41.4

13.2

17.6

45.0

54.9

37.3

 PM10

 

63.8

15.9

35.0

67.4

77.8

42.8

 NO2

 

12.1

3.6

8.2

11.1

18.4

10.2

 SO2

 

25.3

7.8

12.9

25.9

36.8

23.8

 O3

 

82.7

7.9

74.1

82.8

93.0

18.9

 CO

 

0.8

0.1

0.6

0.8

0.9

0.3

24-h average weather conditions

 temperature

 

17.5

1.2

15.5

17.6

18.8

3.4

 relative humidity

 

76.3

5.2

66.9

78.0

81.7

14.9

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation; MIN minimal; MAX maximal