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Table 2 Relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) of traffic fatalities on warm-season days with extreme heat or precipitation for Boston, MA

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

Boston, MA

RR

95% CI

Hot Days (TMAX   95thp)

0.95

(0.84, 1.06)

Warm Days (85thp ≤ TMAX   95thp)

1.09

(0.90, 1.13)

Warm Nights (TMIN ≤ 95thp)

1.08

(0.97, 1.20)

Wet Days (> 0 mm)

1.01

(0.93, 1.09)

Very Wet Days (>mean)

0.99

(0.90, 1.09)

Extremely Wet Days (>mean of rainy days)

0.95

(0.83, 1.08)

  1. p indicates percentile