Mortality Risk Attributed to Ambient Temperature in Nanjing, China.

Ying Zhang; Shi Gong Wang; Xiao Ling Zhang; Yi Fan Cheng; Can Jun Tang

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Mortality Risk Attributed to Ambient Temperature in Nanjing, China.

Author: Ying ZHANG ¹ ; Shi Gong WANG ¹ ; Xiao Ling ZHANG ¹ ; Yi Fan CHENG ² ; Can Jun TANG ³
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1. College of Atmospheric Sciences, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610000, Sichuan, China.
2. College of Atmospheric Science, Center for Meteorological Environment and Human Health, Lanzhou University, the Gansu key Laboratory of Arid Climate Change and Reducing Disaster, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China.
3. Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Attributed fractions; Moderate cold; Mortality; Temperature
MeSH: Cardiovascular Diseases; mortality; China; epidemiology; Cities; epidemiology; Humans; Mortality; Respiratory Tract Diseases; mortality; Risk Factors; Temperature
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2019;32(1):42-46
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: We examined the attributed fractions of all-cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality that were attributed to extreme and moderate cold and heat during 2010-2016 in Nanjing. Our results showed that 12.81%, 19.78%, and 25.33% of all-cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortalities, respectively, were attributed to temperature. The highest attributed fractions for three types of mortality were at 4 ℃ and the attributed fractions were high around 4 ℃, which falls within the moderate cold temperatures. Although moderate cold has lower RR than extreme cold, it occurred on more days than did extreme cold. Therefore, health burden caused by moderate cold requires further attention in the future.