Scatter plots of the relationship between maximum temperature and mortality (A and C) and emergency hospital admissions (B and D) between 1996 and 2005.

<p>Fitted regression line (and 95% confidence interval) from a non-linear (quadratic) regression. EHAs: Emergency Hospital Admissions.</p

Heatwave definitions (HWDs) and heatwave days during 1996–2005 in Brisbane, Australia.

a<p>The first three definitions were widely used in the literature and the remainder (HWDs 4–10) were extended definitions developed for this study.</p

Summary statistics for daily temperature and health outcomes, 1996–2005 in Brisbane, Australia.

a<p>Emergency Hospital Admissions.</p