Odds ratios and Relative risks of daily mortality (1A) and emergency hospital admissions (1B) during heatwaves (84 days), using both case crossover and time series analyses.

<p>Odds ratios and Relative risks of daily mortality (1A) and emergency hospital admissions (1B) during heatwaves (84 days), using both case crossover and time series analyses.</p

Relative risks of daily mortality (2A) and emergency hospital admissions (2B) during heatwaves (summer season and whole study period), using time series analyses.

<p>Relative risks of daily mortality (2A) and emergency hospital admissions (2B) during heatwaves (summer season and whole study period), using time series analyses.</p

Odds ratios (ORs) and Relative risks (RRs) of mortality and EHAs during heatwaves in Brisbane (84 days).

a<p>unadjusted.</p>b<p>adjusted for humidity and O₃.</p>c<p>adjusted for humidity and PM₁₀.</p>d<p>adjusted for humidity and NO₂.</p

Spearman correlation between climatic variables and air pollutants in Brisbane, Australia.

a<p>Tmax = maximum temperature.</p>*<p><i>P</i><0.05.</p>**<p><i>P</i><0.01.</p

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

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

a<p>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

Descriptive statistics of past (1999–2010) and future short term projection (2020–2039) of annual climatic conditions in capital cities of Australia.

<p>Descriptive statistics of past (1999–2010) and future short term projection (2020–2039) of annual climatic conditions in capital cities of Australia.</p

Flow chart process for data incorporation in dengue fever outbreak modelling.

<p>Flow chart process for data incorporation in dengue fever outbreak modelling.</p

Odds ratios of climate, socio-economic and tidal variables associated with BFV disease outbreaks in the entire coastal region in Queensland.

<p>Accuracy: 90·2%; Sensitivity: 98·0%; Specificity: 88·4%.</p