Effect of Meteorological and Geographical Factors on the Epidemics of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Island-Type Territory, East Asia

Table 1

Mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, and quantiles of meteorological factors among four regions in study.

Factors	Regions; (size, )	Japan; ()	Taiwan; ()	Hong Kong; ()	Singapore; ()
Temperature; (°C)	Mean ± SD	15.1 ± 8.79	23.9 ± 4.47	23.0 ± 5.28	28.3 ± 0.94
	CV (%)	58.2	18.7	23.0	3.31
		7.27, 22.7	20.1, 28.0	18.7, 27.7	27.6, 28.9
Dew point; (°C)	Mean ± SD	8.85 ± 9.28	18.7 ± 4.73	18.1 ± 6.23	23.8 ± 0.81
	CV (%)	104.8	25.3	34.4	3.40
		0.64, 17.6	14.8, 23.2	14.4, 24.0	23.6, 24.3
Visibility; (km)	Mean ± SD	14.3 ± 4.90	8.97 ± 5.02	7.06 ± 3.67	7.07 ± 3.59
	CV (%)	34.1	56.0	52.0	50.8
		12.6, 16.8	5.32, 12.1	1.96, 9.74	1.88, 9.59
Wind speed; (m/s)	Mean ± SD	3.05 ± 0.86	3.23 ± 1.58	3.14 ± 0.51	2.50 ± 0.86
	CV (%)	28.1	49.0	16.2	34.5
		2.45, 3.53	2.11, 3.80	2.79, 3.39	1.90, 2.75
Total precipitation; (mm)	Mean ± SD	3.99 ± 5.06	4.11 ± 8.64	5.20 ± 8.40	4.20 ± 4.88
	CV (%)	126.9	210.4	161.6	116.2
		0.80, 5.06	0.00, 4.04	0.00, 6.35	0.76, 5.73

CV indicates coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean * 100%).