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Table 4 Relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) of traffic fatalities on warm-season days with extreme heat or precipitation for Santo Domingo, DR

From: The risks of warm nights and wet days in the context of climate change: assessing road safety outcomes in Boston, USA and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Condition

Santo Domingo, DR

RR

95% CI

Hot Days (TMAX   95thp)

1.08

(0.82, 1.41)

Warm Days (85thp ≤ TMAX   95thp)

1.09

(0.87, 1.35)

Warm Nights (TMIN ≤ 95thp)

1.31

(1.00, 1.71)

Wet Days (> 0 mm)

0.88

(0.76, 1.03)

Very Wet Days (>mean)

0.95

(0.79, 1.15)

Extremely Wet Days (>mean of rainy days)

1.06

(0.84, 1.32)

  1. p indicates percentile
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Injury Epidemiology

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