Toward a Cohort Perspective of Climate Epidemiology: The Case of Examining Intergenerational Inequalities in Susceptibility to Non-Optimal Temperatures in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Younger generations are projected to experience more severe climate exposure impacts during their lifetimes than older generations as global warming progresses. Despite the increasing evidence of the recent temporal changes in heat-related mortality risks, there remains a lack of research exploring this association from a cohort perspective.

Objective

Our objective was to quantify the variation in susceptibility to short-term effects of non-optimal temperature on mortality, across generations and over the life course of specific generations, using a novel age-period-cohort approach.

Methods

An extended two-stage analytical approach was applied to a nationwide mortality dataset covering individuals born from 1866 to 2019 in all 47 prefectures in Japan. Daily

SUBMITTER: Yuan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11801431 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature