Cause-specific hospital admissions on hot days in Sydney, Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While morbidity outcomes for major disease categories during extreme heat have received increasing research attention, there has been very limited investigation at the level of specific disease subcategories.

Methodology/principal findings

We analyzed daily hospital admissions for cardiovascular (CVD), respiratory (RD), genitourinary (GU) and mental diseases (MD), diabetes (DIA), dehydration (DEH) and 'the effects of heat and light' (HEAT) in Sydney between 1991 and 2009. We further investigated the sensitivity to heat of subcategories within the major disease groups. We defined hot days as those with temperatures in the 95(th) and 99(th) percentiles within the study period. We applied time-stratified case-crossover analysis to compare the hospital admissions on h

SUBMITTER: Vaneckova P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3567089 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature