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The relationship of climatological variables to selected vital statistics

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Correlations were examined between 10 climatological variables and 8 types of death rate for the 143 largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the USA. Most of the relationships could be attributed to population factors such as proportion of foreign stock and median age in the areas. The data support weather conditions as possible causal factors in fatal heart attacks and accidents only.

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Campbell, D.E., Beets, J.L. The relationship of climatological variables to selected vital statistics. Int J Biometeorol 23, 107–114 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01560090

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