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

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

 

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

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