Trends in Temperature-associated Mortality in Sao Paulo (Brazil) between 2000 and 2018: an Example of Disparities in Adaptation to Cold and Heat.

ABSTRACT: Exposure to non-optimal temperatures remains the single most deathful direct climate change impact to health. The risk varies based on the adaptation capacity of the exposed population which can be driven by climatic and/or non-climatic factors subject to fluctuations over time. We investigated temporal changes in the exposure-response relationship between daily mean temperature and mortality by cause of death, sex, age, and ethnicity in the megacity of São Paulo, Brazil (2000-2018). We fitted a quasi-Poisson regression model with time-varying distributed-lag non-linear model (tv-DLNM) to obtain annual estimates. We used two indicators of adaptation: trends in the annual minimum mortality temperature (MMT), i.e., temperature at which the mortality rate is the lowest, and in the cumulative

SUBMITTER: Roca-Barcelo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9727050 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature