58 5 Preparedness and Resilience FIGURE 5.24 Association of excess hospitalization ratio with different percentiles of daily maximum Hong Kong Heat Index Source: Lee et al, 20169 The blue and green curves show the corresponding relationships for the wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) and the net effective temperature (NET) respectively 1.08 1.07 1.06 1.05 1.04 1.03 1.02 1.01 1.00 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Ratio Percentile Total non-accidential hospitalizations Hong Kong Heat Index WBGT NET Age below 14 1.08 1.07 1.06 1.05 1.04 1.03 1.02 1.01 1.00 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1.08 1.07 1.06 1.05 1.04 1.03 1.02 1.01 1.00 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1.12 1.11 1.10 1.09 1.08 1.07 1.06 1.05 1.04 1.03 1.02 1.01 1.00 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1.08 1.07 1.06 1.05 1.04 1.03 1.02 1.01 1.00 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Ratio Percentile Ratio Ratio Ratio Percentile Percentile Percentile Age between 15-59 Age between 60-74 Age 75 or above
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