Correlation between the incidence of heat stroke (HS) and heat exhaustion (HE) and average daily air and wet bulb temperatures during Hajj
. | Previous hot cycle (1980–95) . | Cold cycle (1996–2014) . | Current hot cycle (2015–19) . | All (1980–2019) . | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
. | rs . | P-value . | rs . | P-value . | rs . | P-value . | rs . | P-value . |
HE | ||||||||
Average daily Ta | 0.61 | 0.021 | 0.66 | 0.002 | 0.70 | 0.188 | 0.76 | >0.0001 |
Average daily Tw | 0.10 | 0.725 | 0.57 | 0.008 | 0.50 | 0.391 | 0.54 | >0.0001 |
HS | ||||||||
Average daily Ta | 0.27 | 0.349 | 0.93 | >00001 | 0.70 | 0.188 | 0.86 | >0.0001 |
Average daily Tw | 0.74 | 0.002 | 0.74 | >0.0001 | 0.50 | 0.391 | 0.73 | >0.0001 |
. | Previous hot cycle (1980–95) . | Cold cycle (1996–2014) . | Current hot cycle (2015–19) . | All (1980–2019) . | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
. | rs . | P-value . | rs . | P-value . | rs . | P-value . | rs . | P-value . |
HE | ||||||||
Average daily Ta | 0.61 | 0.021 | 0.66 | 0.002 | 0.70 | 0.188 | 0.76 | >0.0001 |
Average daily Tw | 0.10 | 0.725 | 0.57 | 0.008 | 0.50 | 0.391 | 0.54 | >0.0001 |
HS | ||||||||
Average daily Ta | 0.27 | 0.349 | 0.93 | >00001 | 0.70 | 0.188 | 0.86 | >0.0001 |
Average daily Tw | 0.74 | 0.002 | 0.74 | >0.0001 | 0.50 | 0.391 | 0.73 | >0.0001 |
Spearman’s rho: rs
Ta: air temperature; Tw: wet bulb temperatures.
Correlation between the incidence of heat stroke (HS) and heat exhaustion (HE) and average daily air and wet bulb temperatures during Hajj
. | Previous hot cycle (1980–95) . | Cold cycle (1996–2014) . | Current hot cycle (2015–19) . | All (1980–2019) . | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
. | rs . | P-value . | rs . | P-value . | rs . | P-value . | rs . | P-value . |
HE | ||||||||
Average daily Ta | 0.61 | 0.021 | 0.66 | 0.002 | 0.70 | 0.188 | 0.76 | >0.0001 |
Average daily Tw | 0.10 | 0.725 | 0.57 | 0.008 | 0.50 | 0.391 | 0.54 | >0.0001 |
HS | ||||||||
Average daily Ta | 0.27 | 0.349 | 0.93 | >00001 | 0.70 | 0.188 | 0.86 | >0.0001 |
Average daily Tw | 0.74 | 0.002 | 0.74 | >0.0001 | 0.50 | 0.391 | 0.73 | >0.0001 |
. | Previous hot cycle (1980–95) . | Cold cycle (1996–2014) . | Current hot cycle (2015–19) . | All (1980–2019) . | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
. | rs . | P-value . | rs . | P-value . | rs . | P-value . | rs . | P-value . |
HE | ||||||||
Average daily Ta | 0.61 | 0.021 | 0.66 | 0.002 | 0.70 | 0.188 | 0.76 | >0.0001 |
Average daily Tw | 0.10 | 0.725 | 0.57 | 0.008 | 0.50 | 0.391 | 0.54 | >0.0001 |
HS | ||||||||
Average daily Ta | 0.27 | 0.349 | 0.93 | >00001 | 0.70 | 0.188 | 0.86 | >0.0001 |
Average daily Tw | 0.74 | 0.002 | 0.74 | >0.0001 | 0.50 | 0.391 | 0.73 | >0.0001 |
Spearman’s rho: rs
Ta: air temperature; Tw: wet bulb temperatures.
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