The Influence of Apparent Temperature on Mortality in the Kintampo Health and Demographic Surveillance Area in the Middle Belt of Ghana: A Retrospective Time-Series Analysis

Table 3

Relative risk of mortality at different apparent temperatures stratified by sex at different lag periods.

Classification	Lowest at (18°C) RR (95% CI)	First quartile at (23°C) RR (95% CI)	Third quartile at (26°C) RR (95% CI)	Highest at (31°C) RR (95% CI)
All deaths
Lag 0 1	0.50 (0.24, 1.01)	1.03 (0.98, 1.09)	1.03 (0.99, 1.07)	0.94 (0.60, 1.47)
Lag 2–4	3.16 (1.58, 6.33)	0.93 (0.87, 0.99)	0.98 (0.93, 1.02)	1.71 (1.03, 2.83)
Lag 5–10	1.08 (0.36, 3.24)	1.01 (0.93, 1.10)	1.01 (0.95, 1.07)	0.87 (0.43, 1.79)
Male
Lag 0-1	0.31 (0.10, 0.94)	1.03 (0.94, 1.12)	1.05 (0.99, 1.12)	1.28 (0.66, 2.46)
Lag 2–4	2.21 (0.76, 6.44)	0.93 (0.85, 1.02)	0.97 (0.91, 1.04)	2.19 (1.03, 4.65)
Lag 5–10	1.14 (0.22, 5.80)	0.99 (0.87, 1.12)	1.00 (0.91, 1.09)	1.55 (0.54, 4.50)
Female
Lag 0-1	0.85 (0.25, 2.94)	1.04 (0.94, 1.15)	1.00 (0.93, 1.08)	0.61 (0.26, 1.42)
Lag 2–4	4.88 (1.40, 16.99)	0.93 (0.83, 1.04)	0.98 (0.90, 1.07)	1.23 (0.48, 3.15)
Lag 5–10	0.79 (0.10, 6.30)	1.05 (0.90, 1.23)	1.04 (0.93, 1.16)	0.39 (0.10, 1.50)

AT: apparent temperature; RR: relative risk; °C: degree Celsius; CI: confidence interval.