The impact of temperature extremes on mortality: a time-series study in Jinan, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the relationship between temperature extremes and daily number of deaths in Jinan, a temperate city in northern China.

Methods

Data ondaily number of deaths and meteorological variables over the period of 2011-2014 were collected. Cold spells or heat waves were defined as ≥3 consecutive days with mean temperature ≤5th percentile or ≥95th percentile, respectively. We applied a time-series adjusted Poisson regression to assess the effects of extreme temperature on deaths.

Results

There were 152 150 non-accidental deaths over the study period in Jinan, among which 87 607 people died of cardiovascular disease, 11 690 of respiratory disease, 33 001 of stroke and 6624 of chronic obstrutive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cold spells significantly increase

SUBMITTER: Han J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5566622 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature