Table 1 Total mortality fraction (%) attributable to temperature, computed backward ( b-AF _tot ) and forward ( f-AF _tot ), reported as overall, hot and cold components with 95% empirical confidence intervals (eCI)

845,215

b-AF _{t o t}

13.59 (10.04–17.09)

12.95 (9.32–16.38)

0.66 (0.52–0.80)

f-AF _{t o t}

13.41 (9.72–16.87)

12.84 (9.38–16.33)

0.57 (0.45–0.68)

395,691

b-AF _{t o t}

12.58 (9.30–15.64)

10.84 (7.37–14.23)

1.74 (1.12–2.37)

f-AF _{t o t}

12.27 (8.94–15.41)

10.72 (7.19–14.00)

1.55 (0.95–2.13)