Nature Communications
Heat and cold death risks higher with illness and social disadvantage
Across two adult cohorts, excess heat- and cold-related mortality was more than tenfold higher with both vulnerabilities than with neither or just one.Across two adult cohorts, excess heat- and cold-related mortality was more than tenfold higher with both vulnerabilities than with neither or just one.
Cohort · 275,763 peoplePopulations
Who was studied275,763 Finnish adults, against people with neither or one vulnerability
What changedExcess heat- and cold-related deaths were more than tenfold higher with illness and social disadvantage than with neither or only one
The catchVulnerability definitions are unreported, preventing assessment of how accurately participants were classified