Study on the Change Characteristics of and Population Exposure to Heatwave Events on the North China Plain

Table 1

Analysis of factors influencing population exposure change to heatwave events on the North China Plain.

Exposure changes	Climatic factors (billion)	Population factors (billion)	Interaction of climate and population factors (billion)	Population exposure to heatwave events (billion)
1971–1980 compared to 1961–1970	−1.18 (−132.3%)	0.54 (60.7%)	−0.25 (−28.4%)	−0.89
1981–1990 compared to 1971–1980	−0.74 (−121.0%)	0.23 (38.5%)	−0.11 (−17.4%)	−0.61
1991–2000 compared to 1981–1990	0.96 (79.0%)	0.13 (10.6%)	0.13 (10.3%)	1.22
2001–2010 compared to 1991–2000	0.69 (78.0%)	0.15 (16.6%)	0.05 (5.4%)	0.88
2011–2017 compared to 2001–2010	0.03 (180.0%)	−0.005 (−24.4%)	−0.01 (−55.6%)	0.02