Heat-related mortality in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from 2000 to 2023.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The major heatwave in Europe in August 2003 resulted in 70,000 excess deaths. In Frankfurt am Main, a city with 767,000 inhabitants in the south-west of Germany, around 200 more people died in August 2003 than expected. Soon afterwards, the city introduced adaptation measures to prevent heat-related health problems and subsequently established further mitigation measures to limit climate change. Frankfurt is rated as being one of the cities in Germany to have implemented the best climate adaptation and mitigation measures. This study addressed the following questions: is there already a downward trend in mortality from heat and can this be attributed to the measures taken?

Materials and methods

The age-standardized mortality rate (ASR) was calculated for the month

SUBMITTER: Heudorf U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11099539 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature