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Masselot, P.* ; Mistry, M.* ; Vanoli, J.* ; Schneider, R.* ; Iungman, T.* ; García-León, D.* ; Ciscar, J.C.* ; Feyen, L.* ; Orru, H.* ; Urban, A.* ; Breitner-Busch, S. ; Huber, V. ; Schneider, A.E. ; Samoli, E.* ; Stafoggia, M.* ; de'Donato, F.* ; Rao, S.* ; Armstrong, B.* ; Nieuwenhuijsen, M.* ; Vicedo-Cabrera, A.M.* ; Gasparrini, A.*

Excess mortality attributed to heat and cold: A health impact assessment study in 854 cities in Europe.

Lancet Planet Health 7, e271-e281 (2023)
Postprint DOI PMC
Creative Commons Lizenzvertrag
Open Access Gold möglich sobald Verlagsversion bei der ZB eingereicht worden ist.
BACKGROUND: Heat and cold are established environmental risk factors for human health. However, mapping the related health burden is a difficult task due to the complexity of the associations and the differences in vulnerability and demographic distributions. In this study, we did a comprehensive mortality impact assessment due to heat and cold in European urban areas, considering geographical differences and age-specific risks. METHODS: We included urban areas across Europe between Jan 1, 2000, and Dec 12, 2019, using the Urban Audit dataset of Eurostat and adults aged 20 years and older living in these areas. Data were extracted from Eurostat, the Multi-country Multi-city Collaborative Research Network, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, and Copernicus. We applied a three-stage method to estimate risks of temperature continuously across the age and space dimensions, identifying patterns of vulnerability on the basis of city-specific characteristics and demographic structures. These risks were used to derive minimum mortality temperatures and related percentiles and raw and standardised excess mortality rates for heat and cold aggregated at various geographical levels. FINDINGS: Across the 854 urban areas in Europe, we estimated an annual excess of 203 620 (empirical 95% CI 180 882-224 613) deaths attributed to cold and 20 173 (17 261-22 934) attributed to heat. These corresponded to age-standardised rates of 129 (empirical 95% CI 114-142) and 13 (11-14) deaths per 100 000 person-years. Results differed across Europe and age groups, with the highest effects in eastern European cities for both cold and heat. INTERPRETATION: Maps of mortality risks and excess deaths indicate geographical differences, such as a north-south gradient and increased vulnerability in eastern Europe, as well as local variations due to urban characteristics. The modelling framework and results are crucial for the design of national and local health and climate policies and for projecting the effects of cold and heat under future climatic and socioeconomic scenarios. FUNDING: Medical Research Council of UK, the Natural Environment Research Council UK, the EU's Horizon 2020, and the EU's Joint Research Center.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Korrespondenzautor
Schlagwörter Temperature-related Mortality; England; Risks
ISSN (print) / ISBN 2542-5196
e-ISSN 2542-5196
Zeitschrift The Lancet planetary health
Quellenangaben Band: 7, Heft: 4, Seiten: e271-e281 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Elsevier
Verlagsort Amsterdam
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Epidemiology II (EPI2)
Förderungen EU
Natural Environment Research Council UK
Medical Research Council of UK