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Supplement 1, 2012 - CLIMO - Climate and Mortality

The influence of weather on mortality in rural Tanzania: a time-series analysis 1999–2010

Sigilbert MremaIfakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Amri ShamteIfakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Majige SelemaniIfakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Honorati MasanjaIfakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Article: 19068 | Received 28 Jun 2012, Accepted 19 Sep 2012, Published online: 23 Nov 2012

Figures & data

Fig. 1.  Location of Rufiji HDSS.

Table 1. Summary of monthly mortality data, 1999–2010

Fig. 2.  (a) Time series of all-cause mortality and rainfall; (b) Time series of all-cause mortality and temperature.

Fig. 3.  Seasonality (left) and time trends (right) in all-cause mortality over the study period.

Fig. 4.  Seasonality of all-cause mortality by age group.

Fig. 5.  Seasonality of all-cause mortality by age group adjusted for rainfall.

Fig. 6.  Seasonality of all-cause mortality by age group adjusted for temperature.

Fig. 7.  The influence of rainfall on mortality by age group.

Table 2. Correlations between all-cause mortality and climate variables in RHDSS

Fig. 8.  The influence of temperature on mortality by age group.

Table 3. Lag correlations between all-cause mortality and climate variables in Rufiji DSS, 1999–2010

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