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The heat-related death rate in the U.S. (heat being either an underlying or a contributing cause) has increased since the mid 2010s. [4]Between 1979 and 2014, the death rate as a direct result of exposure to heat (underlying cause of death) generally hovered around 0.5 to 1 deaths per million people, with spikes in certain years.
The Environmental Protection Agency has tracked heat-related deaths in the country since 1979, and it’s estimated that more than 600 people in the country are killed by extreme heat every year ...
English: Chart showing heat-related mortality rate in the United States, age-adjusted Data source: Jeffrey T. Howard; Nicole Androne; Karl C. Alcover; Alexis R. Santos-Lozada ( 26 August 2024 ). "Trends of Heat-Related Deaths in the US, 1999-2023".
In the nation's hottest and most arid states, heat-related deaths have soared. Arizona had 529 heat-related deaths in 2022 and 710 so far this year — up from about 200 a year in 2018 and 2019 ...
In 2023, 645 people died of heat or heat-related causes in Maricopa County. By mid-August this year, 114 people had died and authorities were investigating another 465 deaths. It has always been ...
The extreme heat resulted in 569 deaths in Phoenix. [21] The summer heat wave resulted in Texas experiencing its second hottest summer on record in 2023, with the full year being its hottest on record. Over 300 people died from heat in Texas in 2023, the most since the state began tracking such deaths in 1989. [22]
High temperatures affect public health across wide swaths of the United States each summer, causing spikes in emergency room visits and hundreds of heat-related deaths.As temperatures rise, CNN is ...
In 2023, 2,325 heat-related deaths were reported in the U.S., compared to just 311 in 2004. Researchers also found that heat-related deaths have more than doubled since 1999, a trend they say is ...