Different responses of weather factors on hand, foot and mouth disease in three different climate areas of Gansu, China

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of weekly HFMD and weather factors among three study areas in 2010–2014

	Variables	Minimum	1st Quartile	Median	3rd Quartile	Maximum	Mean	Std. deviation
Jiuquan	HFMD	0.00	1.00	7.00	21.50	141	16.55	24.27
	Incidence (/100,000)	0.00	0.54	3.80	11.66	76.45	8.97	13.16
	AT (°C)	−15.81	−2.08	10.54	19.31	29.93	8.49	11.47
	MaxT (°C)	−11.61	5.28	17.96	26.28	35.31	15.59	11.62
	MinT (°C)	−20.07	−8.25	2.93	12.12	20.40	1.84	10.96
	TD (°C)	6.90	12.44	13.87	15.20	17.71	13.75	2.04
	RH (%)	15.71	32.57	43.36	52.18	81.14	42.97	13.74
	RF (mm)	2.00	4.00	4.00	6.00	44.14	7.56	9.41
Lanzhou	HFMD	0.00	9.00	31.50	77.25	429	58.48	72.10
	Incidence (/100,000)	0.00	1.89	6.63	16.26	90.28	12.31	15.17
	AT (°C)	−8.87	1.83	12.87	19.97	29.76	11.08	9.98
	MaxT (°C)	−3.66	8.46	19.55	26.32	37.56	17.74	10.29
	MinT (°C)	−13.40	−2.78	7.11	14.57	23.26	5.94	9.52
	TD (°C)	6.30	10.05	11.90	13.48	18.06	11.80	2.40
	RH (%)	19.14	43.36	52.29	60.00	78.43	50.95	12.47
	RF (mm)	1.57	4.00	4.86	24.57	82.57	13.91	16.65
Tianshui	HFMD	0.00	2.00	10.00	28.25	222	24.55	36.80
	Incidence (/100,000)	0.00	0.30	1.51	4.27	32.64	3.61	5.41
	AT (°C)	−5.59	3.63	13.39	20.11	26.61	12.09	8.84
	MaxT (°C)	−0.61	9.68	19.40	25.69	33.67	18.01	9.15
	MinT (°C)	−10.11	−0.56	8.54	15.59	21.61	7.54	8.71
	TD (°C)	2.86	8.29	10.51	12.49	16.73	10.47	2.75
	RH (%)	31.00	56.54	65.00	72.14	88.57	63.55	11.49
	RF (mm)	2.14	4.14	10.36	29.07	99.14	18.01	20.07

AT average temperature, MaxT maximum temperature, MinT minimum temperature, TD temperature difference, RH relative humidity, RF rainfall

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