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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.
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 Arizona’s Maricopa County, which encompasses Phoenix, there have been at least 13 confirmed heat-related deaths this year, along with more than 160 other deaths suspected of being related to ...
That heat-related death rate has increased dramatically compared to the early 2000s, regardless of age or population size. The upward trajectory appears to be sharpening recently. In 2022, 1,722 ...
At least 38 people are suspected to have died across six states as a result of the unrelenting heat, according to an NBC News count, a number sure to rise as authorities confirm more cases.
This sobering statistic underscores a 117 percent surge in heat-related deaths since 1999, with over 20,000 lives claimed by blistering temperatures over the past two decades.
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 ...
A new study on heat-related deaths in the U.S. between the years 1999 and 2023 found that last year — the hottest year on record — had the most number of deaths in which heat was cited as an ...