Reversal of the seasonality of temperature-attributable mortality from respiratory diseases in Spain.

ABSTRACT: A growing number of epidemiological studies have recently assessed temporal variations in vulnerability and/or mortality attributable to hot and cold temperatures. However, the eventual changes in the seasonal distribution of temperature-attributable mortality remain unexplored. Here, we analyse countrywide daily time-series of temperature and mortality counts from respiratory diseases by sex, age group and province of residence during the period 1980-2016 in Spain. We show the complete reversal of the seasonality of temperature-attributable mortality, with a significant shift of the maximum monthly incidence from winter to summer, and the minimum monthly incidence from early and late summer to winter. The reversal in the seasonal distribution of the attributable deaths is not driven by th

SUBMITTER: Achebak H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7239891 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature