Table 2 Total mortality fraction (%) attributable to temperature, computed backward ( b-AF _tot ) and forward ( f-AF _tot ), reported as components from mild and extreme hot and cold contributions with 95% empirical confidence intervals (eCI)

b-AF _{t o t}

0.55 (0.45–0.64)

12.48 (8.86–15.88)

0.31 (0.23–0.38)

0.36 (0.29–0.43)

f-AF _{t o t}

0.47 (0.40–0.53)

12.38 (8.98–15.78)

0.29 (0.22–0.35)

0.28 (0.23–0.33)

b-AF _{t o t}

0.59 (0.47–0.70)

10.37 (6.88–13.63)

1.45 (0.89–2.01)

0.33 (0.25–0.40)

f-AF _{t o t}

0.47 (0.39–0.54)

10.27 (6.69–13.50)

1.32 (0.75–1.85)

0.25 (0.19–0.30)