Table I.

Descriptive statistics of the annual temperature and mortality rates in 23 OECD countries, 1960-2010

TemperatureMortality
CountryMeanMaxMinMeanMaxMin
Hot temperature zone countries; annual average temperature is >13°C
Australia18.719.917.61,148.31,623.8673.3
Greece17.71916.71,127.31,416.7819.7
Italy15.316.813.61,174.51,586.2699.2
Japan14.616.113.41,061.41,792.2613.4
New Zealand13.114.912.21,225.71,581.5764.7
Portugal15.71714.61,432.61,949.2778.4
Spain1516.3141,1201,630.1687.1
Medium-hot temperature zone countries; annual average temperature is 5-13°C
Austria7.29.461,263.81,696.4761.4
Belgium10.211.67.91,286.81,697.2822.5
Denmark8.39.96.61,205.81,497.8843.8
France11.713.69.51,109.51,602712.5
Germany8.49.66.9970.61,192.5786.8
Ireland9.810.98.71,379.41,772.9775.4
Luxembourg8.9116.81,229.71,731.8746.8
The Netherlands9.811.27.81,115.31,395.8768.8
Switzerland6.49.22.81,085.71,591.9678.9
UK9.2108.21,246.11,656790.6
USA11.712.8111,170.71,551.7822.8
Cold temperature zone countries; annual average temperature is <5°C
Canada0.73.4−2.51,089.11,518.9717.6
Finland2.94.80.71,3121,942.4789.1
Iceland4.35.82.41,028.71,310.4749.3
Norway2.54.80.11,1001,434.5762.3
Sweden4.25.91.81,085.71,446.6757

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