ArticleNature communications2024
Compound mortality impacts from extreme temperatures and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- The overlapping impacts of heat and COVID-19 on mortality in Flanders, Belgium: a time-stratified case-crossover analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- COVID-19 pandemic as an effect modifier on the association between elevated temperatures and emergency department visits: A case-time-series study in a large population.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Extreme heat impacts on daily life and adaptive behaviours captured through lived experience.Environmental research letters : ERL [Web site] · 2025Article
- Rapid climate action is needed: comparing heat vs. COVID-19-related mortality.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Impact of extreme temperature on congenital heart disease mortality: a population-based nationwide case-crossover study.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024Article
- Disruption of outdoor activities caused by wildfires increases disease circulation.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
Extreme weather and coronavirus-type pandemics are both leading global health concerns. Until now, no study has quantified the compound health consequences of the co-occurrence of them. We estimate the mortality attributable to extreme heat and cold events, which dominate the UK health burden from weather hazards, in England and Wales in the period 2020-2022, during which the COVID-19 pandemic peaked in terms of mortality. We show that temperature-related mortality exceeded COVID-19 mortality by 8% in South West England. Combined, extreme temperatures and COVID-19 led to 19 (95% confidence interval: 16-22 in North West England) to 24 (95% confidence interval: 20-29 in Wales) excess deaths per 100,000 population during heatwaves, and 80 (95% confidence interval: 75-86 in Yorkshire and the Humber) to 127 (95% confidence interval: 123-132 in East of England) excess deaths per 100,000 population during cold snaps. These numbers are at least ~2 times higher than the previous decade. Society must increase preparedness for compound health crises such as extreme weather coinciding with pandemics.
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