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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for weekly HFMD cases and meteorological variables, 2008–2011

From: Effect of meteorological variables on the incidence of hand, foot, and mouth disease in children: a time-series analysis in Guangzhou, China

Variables

Total

Mean

SD

Min

Median

Max

Cases, 0–14

100,875

528.1

564.4

7.0

329.0

2294.0

Cases, <1

14,258

74.6

83.0

0.0

39.0

350.0

Cases, 1–2

52,115

272.9

282.3

5.0

175.0

1159.0

Cases, 3–5

30,284

158.6

181.9

1.0

89.0

757.0

Cases, 6–14

4,218

22.1

28.9

0.0

11.0

161.0

Temperature (°C)

–

22.9

6.0

8.1

24.9

32.1

Humidity (%)

–

72.3

10.1

37.7

73.6

90.1

Rainfall (mm)

–

5.5

8.2

0.0

2.4

40.3

Wind speed (m/s)

–

1.8

0.7

0.8

1.5

4.4