Comparison of life loss per death attributable to ambient temperature among various development regions: a nationwide study in 364 locations in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies have investigated the associations between ambient temperature and years of life lost (YLLs), but few focused on the difference of life loss attributable to temperature among different socioeconomic development levels.

Objectives

We investigated the disparity in temperature-YLL rate relationships and life loss per death attributable to nonoptimal temperature in regions with various development levels.

Methods

Three hundred sixty-four Chinese counties or districts were classified into 92 high-development regions (HDRs) and 272 low-development regions (LDRs) according to socioeconomic factors of each location using K-means clustering approach. We used distributed lag non-linear models (DLNM) and multivariate meta-analysis to estimate the tempe

SUBMITTER: Chen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7491140 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature