Table 1

Air pollution, weather, and ophthalmological data, Paris, January 1999 to December 1999 (n = 361 days, excluding the 4 day solar eclipse period 9–12 August)

MinMaxMean
*In proportion of all randomised diagnoses.
†30 883 patients were examined during the study period.
‡3042 diagnoses were randomised.
Ophthalmological data:
    All diagnoses†4712583.4
    Randomised diagnoses ‡5138.3
    Conjunctivitis and other related ocular surface problems, No (%*)0 (0)9 (100)3.4 (42)
    Medical emergencies, No (%*)0 (0)7 (88)2.8 (33)
    Traumatic and surgical emergencies, No (%*)0 (0)6 (67)2.1 (25)
Pollution data:
    NO (μg/m3)323822.4
    NO2 (μg/m3)1911553.7
    O3 (μg/m3)19735.7
    SO2 (μg/m3)24511.2
    PM10 (μg/m3)58711218.3
Weather data:
    Temperature (°C min)−3.120.79.31
    Temperature (°C max)23316.9
    Atmospheric pressure (hPa)979.21030.51007
    Humidity (% min)189254.7
    Humidity (% max)649889.9
    Average wind speed (m/s)17.33.1
    Instant wind strength (m/s)54711.4