"Extreme heat events, on the rise due to climate change, are associated with higher overall adult death rates across the U.S., a new study has found.
From 2008 through 2017, each additional extreme heat day per month was linked to 0.07 additional deaths per 100,000 adults — or 7 deaths per 10 million adults — during the same period, according to the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Thursday.
“Our study demonstrates that extreme heat is already associated with a higher mortality rate across the contiguous United States,” lead author Sameed Khatana, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, told The Hill."
Source: The Hill, 05/20/2022
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