RT Journal Article
T1 Mortality impact of extreme winter temperatures
A1 Díaz, Julio
A1 García Herrera, Ricardo
A1 Linares, Cristina
A1 López, César
A1 Tobías, Aurelio
A1 Prieto, Luis
AB During the last few years great attention has been paid to the evaluation of the impact of extreme temperatures on human health. This paper examines the effect of extreme winter temperature on mortality in Madrid for people older than 65, using ARIMA and GAM models. Data correspond to 1,815 winter days over the period 1986–1997, during which time a total of 133,000 deaths occurred. The daily maximum temperature (T_(max)) was shown to be the best thermal indicator of the impact of climate on mortality. When total mortality was considered, the maximum impact occured 7–8 days after a temperature extreme; for circulatory diseases the lag was between 7 and 14 days. When respiratory causes were considered, two mortality peaks were evident at 4–5 and 11 days. When the impact of winter extreme temperatures was compared with that associated with summer extremes, it was found to occur over a longer term, and appeared to be more indirect.
PB Springer
SN 0020-7128
YR 2005
FD 2005-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52590
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52590
LA eng
NO © ISB 2004. The authors wish to thank three anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. The Consejería de Economía y Hacienda, Ayuntamiento de Madrid and Instituto Nacional de Metorología provided the data. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of this study to the RCESP (Red de Centros de Investigación Cooperativa en Epidemiología y Salud Pública) UAM/ CUSP.
NO Consejería de Economía y Hacienda, Madrid
NO Ayuntamiento de Madrid
NO Instituto Nacional de Metorología, Spain
NO RCESP (Red de Centros de Investigación Cooperativa en Epidemiología y Salud Pública) UAM/ CUSP
DS Docta Complutense
RD 29 abr 2024