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Table 2 Relative risks (RR) associated with the COVID-19 mortality rate (CM) and air pollutants and atmospheric variables, by Spanish province (a) from Feb. 1, to May 31, 2020

From: Mortality due to COVID-19 in Spain and its association with environmental factors and determinants of health

Spanish provinces

CM

RRs Asociados a la tasa de mortalidad por COVID-19 (CM)

Air pollutants

Atmospheric variables

PM10

AR

NO2

AR

Tmax

AR

HA

AR

A Coruña

2.23

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

1.063 (1.010–1.115)

5.907

(–)

(–)

Alacant/Alicante

2.11

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

1.198 (1.044–1.352)

16.525

Albacete

10.77

1.020 (1.006–1.035)

2.003

1.118 (1.019–1.216)

10.532

1.037 (1.020–1.054)

3.609

1.630 (1.152–2.107)

38.634

Almería

0.64

1.213 (1.026–1.400)

17.552

1.352 (1.019–1.684)

26.013

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

Araba/Álava

9.02

1.019 (1.012–1.025)

1.835

1.047 (1.004–1.089)

4.455

1.036 (1.018–1.054)

3.489

1.725 (1.187–2.262)

42.014

Asturias

2.68

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

Ávila

10.96

1.135 (1.003–1.266)

11.877

(–)

(–)

1.081 (1.047–1.114)

7.454

(–)

(–)

Barcelona

6.88

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

1.082 (1.023–1.141)

7.557

Bizkaia

6.10

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

Burgos

6.09

1.013 (1.004–1.021)

1.240

(–)

(–)

1.090 (1.049–1.130)

8.232

1.181 (1.096–1.267)

15.358

Cádiz

1.01

1.016 (1.002–1.029)

1.530

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

Cantabria

3.00

1.042 (1.023–1.061)

4.032

1.046 (1.015–1.077)

4.400

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

Castelló/Castellón

3.06

(–)

(–)

1.047 (1.010–1.084)

4.500

1.123 (1.072–1.175)

10.989

1.707 (1.417–1.996)

41.402

Ciudad Real

17.91

1.006 (1.004–1.008)

0.594

1.132 (1.004–1.259)

11.625

1.028 (1.014–1.043)

2.769

(–)

(–)

Cuenca

12.56

1.044 (1.002–1.087)

4.257

1.021 (1.015–1.028)

2.089

1.124 (1.042–1.206)

11.015

1.331 (1.225–1.437)

24.864

Gipuzkoa

3.29

1.025 (1.008–1.041)

2.419

(–)

(–)

1.054 (1.022–1.086)

5.153

(–)

(–)

Guadalajara

7.47

1.016 (1.006–1.025)

1.535

1.151 (1.006–1.295)

13.095

1.034 (1.013–1.055)

3.308

(–)

(–)

Huelva

0.71

1.056 (1.001–1.111)

5.296

1.335 (1.076–1.593)

25.076

1.237 (1.057–1.417)

19.173

2.492 (2.109–2.875)

59.871

Illes Balears

2.31

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

La Rioja

8.79

1.144 (1.005–1.282)

12.555

(–)

(–)

1.131 (1.046–1.217)

11.612

(–)

(–)

León

7.17

1.007 (1.002–1.012)

0.697

1.395 (1.014–1.775)

28.307

1.183 (1.093–1.273)

15.492

(–)

(–)

Lugo

0.79

1.112 (1.003–1.221)

10.066

1.640 (1.129–2.151)

39.025

1.367 (1.278–1.457)

26.867

6.463 (2.928–9.999)

84.528

Madrid

10.30

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

Málaga

1.43

(–)

(–)

1.027 (1.006–1.048)

2.641

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

Murcia

0.79

(–)

(–)

1.114 (1.000–1.228)

10.239

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

Navarra

6.59

1.071 (1.000–1.142)

6.646

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

Ourense

3.42

(–)

(–)

1.530 (1.049–2.011)

34.641

1.040 (1.008–1.071)

3.824

1122 (1033–1212)

10.908

Palencia

5.67

1.047 (1.014–1.080)

4.496

1.120 (1.020–1.220)

10.722

1.220 (1.113–1.327)

18.026

1129 (1031–1228)

11.459

Pontevedra

1.32

(–)

(–)

1.051 (1.011–1.091)

4.838

1.164 (1.164–1.165)

14.103

(–)

(–)

Salamanca

12.36

1.045 (1.006–1.084)

4.295

1.223 (1.005–1.440)

18.211

(–)

(–)

1063 (0998–1128)

5.906

Segovia

21.42

1.005 (1.002–1.008)

0.496

1.082 (1.010–1.154)

7.574

1.016 (1.001–1.030)

1.547

1205 (1182–1228)

17.008

Sevilla

1.18

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

Soria

20.18

1.150 (1.007–1.293)

13.034

(–)

(–)

1.191 (1.115–1.266)

16.028

1736 (1326–2145)

42.380

Tarragona

3.43

1.086 (1.004–1.169)

7.953

(–)

(–)

1.251 (1.115–1.388)

20.082

(–)

(–)

Toledo

8.62

(–)

(–)

1.106 (1.010–1.202)

9.555

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

València/Valencia

2.28

1.006 (1.002–1.011)

0.625

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

1203 (1082–1324)

16.864

Valladolid

8.12

1.023 (1.003–1.043)

2.228

1.085 (1.006–1.165)

7.868

1.031 (1.011–1.051)

3.018

(–)

(–)

Zamora

6.20

1.064 (1.005–1.123)

6.002

3.501 (1.136–5.865)

71.435

1.454 (1.115–1.794)

31.238

1201 (1082–1319)

16.712

Zaragoza

6.01

1.029 (1.009–1.049)

2.818

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

0.96

(–)

(–)

1.927 (1.013–2.841)

48.097

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

Las Palmas de Gran Canarias

0.32

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

(–)

  1. aStudied provinces: 41 of 52 Spanish provinces; some provinces were not studied due to incomplete information; RR is interpreted as an increase of 10 µg/m3 in PM10 and NO2, 1 ℃ in the case of Tmax and 1 g/m3 for HA
  2. CM COVID-19 mortality rate; AR attributable risk; (–) no association