ArticleEcoHealth2014
Assessing variability in the impacts of heat on health outcomes in New York City over time, season, and heat-wave duration.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Association between Weather Types based on the Spatial Synoptic Classification and All-Cause Mortality in Sweden, 1991⁻2014.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- The Effects of Climate Change on Patients With Chronic Lung Disease. A Systematic Literature Review.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2015Pooled it
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- The Effects of Heatwaves on Human Morbidity in Primary Care Settings: A Case-Crossover Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Spatiotemporal variation in urban overheating magnitude and its association with synoptic air-masses in a coastal city.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Heat, Heatwaves and Cardiorespiratory Hospital Admissions in Helsinki, Finland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Hot and cold weather based on the spatial synoptic classification and cause-specific mortality in Sweden: a time-stratified case-crossover study.International journal of biometeorology · 2020Article
- New approach to identifying proper thresholds for a heat warning system using health risk increments.Environmental research · 2019Article
- Heat-Related Health Impacts under Scenarios of Climate and Population Change.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- The Impact of Heat Waves on Emergency Department Admissions in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Heat/mortality sensitivities in Los Angeles during winter: a unique phenomenon in the United States.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2018Article
- Mortality risks during extreme temperature events (ETEs) using a distributed lag non-linear model.International journal of biometeorology · 2018Article
- The association between consecutive days' heat wave and cardiovascular disease mortality in Beijing, China.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Heat-Related Hospitalizations in Older Adults: An Amplified Effect of the First Seasonal Heatwave.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Ambient temperature and cardiovascular mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.PeerJ · 2017Article
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Abstract
While the impacts of heat upon mortality and morbidity have been frequently studied, few studies have examined the relationship between heat, morbidity, and mortality across the same events. This research assesses the relationship between heat events and morbidity and mortality in New York City for the period 1991-2004. Heat events are defined based on oppressive weather types as determined by the Spatial Synoptic Classification. Morbidity data include hospitalizations for heat-related, respiratory, and cardiovascular causes; mortality data include these subsets as well as all-cause totals. Distributed-lag models assess the relationship between heat and health outcome for a cumulative 15-day period following exposure. To further refine analysis, subset analyses assess the differences between early- and late-season events, shorter and longer events, and earlier and later years. The strongest heat-health relationships occur with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and heat-related hospital admissions. The impacts of heat are greater during longer heat events and during the middle of summer, when increased mortality is still statistically significant after accounting for mortality displacement. Early-season heat waves have increases in mortality that appear to be largely short-term displacement. The impacts of heat on mortality have decreased over time. Heat-related hospital admissions have increased during this time, especially during the earlier days of heat events. Given the trends observed, it suggests that a greater awareness of heat hazards may have led to increased short-term hospitalizations with a commensurate decrease in mortality.
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