Heat and health in Adelaide, South Australia: Assessment of heat thresholds and temperature relationships

Climate change projections have highlighted the need for public health planning for extreme heat. In Adelaide, South Australia, hot weather is characteristic of summer and heatwaves can have a significant health burden. This study examines the heat thresholds and temperature relationships for mortal...

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Published in:The Science of the total environment 2012-01, Vol.414 (1), p.126-133
Main Authors: Williams, Susan, Nitschke, Monika, Sullivan, Thomas, Tucker, Graeme R., Weinstein, Philip, Pisaniello, Dino L., Parton, Kevin A., Bi, Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
air
Air Pollutants - analysis
Air pollution
Climate Change
Extreme heat
heat
hospitals
Hot Temperature
Humans
mental health
Morbidity
Mortality
ozone
Ozone - analysis
Particulate Matter - analysis
Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data
pollutants
Public health
Seasons
South Australia - epidemiology
summer
Temperature
weather
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Summary:Climate change projections have highlighted the need for public health planning for extreme heat. In Adelaide, South Australia, hot weather is characteristic of summer and heatwaves can have a significant health burden. This study examines the heat thresholds and temperature relationships for mortality and morbidity outcomes in Adelaide. Daily maximum and minimum temperatures, daily mortality, ambulance call-outs, emergency department (ED) presentations and hospital admissions were obtained for Adelaide, between 1993 and 2009. Heat thresholds for health outcomes were estimated using an observed/expected analysis. Generalized estimating equations were used to estimate the percentage increase in mortality and morbidity outcomes above the threshold temperatures, with adjustment for the effects of ozone (O3) and particulate matter
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.038