A Case-Only Study of Vulnerability to Heat Wave-Related Mortality in New York City (2000-2011)

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 123; no. 7; p. 672
• Main Authors: Madrigano, Jaime, Ito, Kazuhiko, Johnson, Sarah, Kinney, Patrick L, Matte, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 01.07.2015; NLM-Export
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; African Americans - statistics & numerical data; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis; Black people; Census; Census of Population; Censuses; Climate change; Climatic data; Data centers; Death; Environmental aspects; Ethnicity; Female; Global temperature changes; Green infrastructure; Health aspects; Heart attacks; Heat; Heat waves; Heatstroke; Hot Temperature - adverse effects; Hot weather; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Morbidity; Mortality; Multivariate analysis; Neighborhoods; New York; New York City - epidemiology; Public health; Regression analysis; Residence Characteristics; Risk Factors; Seasons; Socioeconomic Factors; Statistical analysis; Studies; Surface temperature; Temperature; Urban Population - statistics & numerical data; New York City; New York; United States > US; ANW, USA, New York, New York City

As a result of climate change, the frequency of extreme temperature events is expected to increase, and such events are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Vulnerability patterns, and corresponding adaptation strategies, are most usefully conceptualized at a local level. We used a cas...