Modification of temperature-related human mortality by area-level socioeconomic and demographic characteristics in Latin American cities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Latin America, where climate change and rapid urbanization converge, non-optimal ambient temperatures contribute to excess mortality. However, little is known about area-level characteristics that confer vulnerability to temperature-related mortality.

Objectives

Explore city-level socioeconomic and demographic characteristics associated with temperature-related mortality in Latin American cities.

Methods

The dependent variables quantify city-specific associations between temperature and mortality: heat- and cold-related excess death fractions (EDF, or percentages of total deaths attributed to cold/hot temperatures), and the relative mortality risk (RR) associated with 1 °C difference in temperature in 325 cities during 2002-2015. Random effects meta-regr

SUBMITTER: Bakhtsiyarava M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9870751 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature