Estimating the burden of disease attributable to high ambient temperature across climate zones: methodological framework with a case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With high temperature becoming an increasing health risk due to a changing climate, it is important to quantify the scale of the problem. However, estimating the burden of disease (BoD) attributable to high temperature can be challenging due to differences in risk patterns across geographical regions and data accessibility issues.

Methods

We present a methodological framework that uses Köppen-Geiger climate zones to refine exposure levels and quantifies the difference between the burden observed due to high temperatures and what would have been observed if the population had been exposed to the theoretical minimum risk exposure distribution (TMRED). Our proposed method aligned with the Australian Burden of Disease Study and included two parts: (i) estimation of th

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10244055 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature