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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 ...
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.
From 1999-2023, the Journal of American Medical Association recorded 21,518 deaths where heat was either the underlying cause or the contributing cause of death, likely an underestimation, they say.
Between 1999 and 2003, the US had a total of 3442 deaths from heat illness. Those who work outdoors are at particular risk for heat illness, though those who work in poorly-cooled spaces indoors are also at risk. Between 1992 and 2006, 423 workers died from heat illness in the US. [6] Exposure to environmental heat led to 37 work-related deaths.
The death certificates of more than 2,300 people who died in the United States last summer mention the effects of excessive heat, the highest number in 45 years of records, according to an ...
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.
Young people may be at much greater risk of dying from climate change-induced extreme heat than the elderly, a new study has found Those under the age of 35 years old made up about 75 percent of ...
Scalding is a type of thermal burn caused by boiling water and steam, commonly suffered by children. Scalds are commonly caused by accidental spilling of hot liquids, having water temperature too high for baths and showers, steam from boiling water or heated food, or getting splattered by hot cooking oil. [4]