Extreme Temperatures and Mortality: Assessing Effect Modification by Personal Characteristics and Specific Cause of Death in a Multi-City Case-Only Analysis

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 114; no. 9; pp. 1331 - 1336
• Main Authors: Medina-Ramón, Mercedes, Zanobetti, Antonella, Cavanagh, David Paul, Schwartz, Joel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. National Institutes of Health. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 01.09.2006; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Analysis; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiovascular diseases; Causes of death; Child; Child, Preschool; Cities - epidemiology; Death; Demography; Diabetes; Educational Status; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Environmental Exposure - history; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Epidemiology; Extreme heat; Health aspects; Health Status; Heat; History, 20th Century; Hot Temperature - adverse effects; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; International Statistical Classification of Diseases; Life Style; Middle Aged; Mortality; Mortality - trends; Operating rooms; Risk Factors; Subpopulations; United States; United States; USA

Background: Extremes of temperature are associated with short-term increases in daily mortality. Objectives: We set out to identify subpopulations and mortality causes with increased susceptibility to temperature extremes. Methods: We conducted a case-only analysis using daily mortality and hourly w...