Rainfall events and daily mortality across 645 global locations: two stage time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the associations between characteristics of daily rainfall (intensity, duration, and frequency) and all cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality.

Design

Two stage time series analysis.

Setting

645 locations across 34 countries or regions.

Population

Daily mortality data, comprising a total of 109 954 744 all cause, 31 164 161 cardiovascular, and 11 817 278 respiratory deaths from 1980 to 2020.

Main outcome measure

Association between daily mortality and rainfall events with return periods (the expected average time between occurrences of an extreme event of a certain magnitude) of one year, two years, and five years, with a 14 day lag period. A continuous relative intensity index was used to generate intensity-response curves

SUBMITTER: He C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12036573 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature