Extreme Weather Injuries and Fatalities, 2006 to 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Extreme weather has major implications for state and national health care systems; however, statistics examining weather-related injuries and fatalities are limited.

Objective

To examine the frequency and regional distribution of major disaster events (MDEs) in the US.

Design, setting, and participants

This ecologic cross-sectional study of MDEs occurring between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2021, evaluated US data on all injuries and fatalities included in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database. The data analysis was performed between February 22, 2023, and April 1, 2024.

Exposures

Major disaster events defined as an environmental event that caused either at least

SUBMITTER: Stephens CQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12634132 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature