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While the number of heat-related deaths fluctuated year to year, there was a sharp uptick in the last seven years. ... According to the data, heat-related deaths increased by 16.8% per year from ...
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.
There were about 4.2 deaths per 1 million Californians last year where heat exhaustion was a factor. Only once in the last 20 years has the death rate been higher. Heat-related deaths are up, and ...
There were two deaths – one each in Arizona and Idaho. [57] Later on in the month, Nashville set their latest day at or above 100 °F (38 °C) on September 21. [ 58 ] Nevada and Utah saw their hottest September on record, and the 3rd quarter of 2022 for the United States as a whole was the hottest on record. [ 59 ]
July 2022 European heat wave (week 2) In 2022, several areas of the world experienced heat waves.Heat waves were especially notable in East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Australia, western Europe, the United States, and southern South America. 2022 heat waves accounted for record-breaking temperatures and, in some regions, heat-related deaths.
An important indicator is age-adjusted deaths per 100,000 people. That heat-related death rate has increased dramatically compared to the early 2000s, regardless of age or population size.
The details of more deaths arrive daily. Benji Gregory, 46, a former child actor and star of the 1980s sitcom "Alf," was found in his car after dying of a suspected heat stroke.
25 August: a study published in Communications Earth & Environment projected that, even if global warming is constrained to within 2.0 °C, by 2100 the "extremely dangerous" [Note 2] heat index threshold 124 °F (51 °C) is likely to be exceeded on more than 15 days each year in sub-Saharan Africa, parts of the Arabian peninsula, and much of ...