articleNature MedicineJul 1, 2023HYBRID OA

Heat-related mortality in Europe during the summer of 2022

JBJoan BallesterMQMarcos Quijal-ZamoranoRFRaúl Fernando Méndez TurrubiatesFPFerran PegenauteFRFrançois R. Herrmann

California Institute of Technology · Institut Català de Ciències del Clima · +18 more institutions

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Abstract

Over 70,000 excess deaths occurred in Europe during the summer of 2003. The resulting societal awareness led to the design and implementation of adaptation strategies to protect at-risk populations. We aimed to quantify heat-related mortality burden during the summer of 2022, the hottest season on record in Europe. We analyzed the Eurostat mortality database, which includes 45,184,044 counts of death from 823 contiguous regions in 35 European countries, representing the whole population of over 543 million people. We estimated 61,672 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 37,643-86,807) heat-related deaths in Europe between 30 May and 4 September 2022. Italy (18,010 deaths; 95% CI = 13,793-22,225), Spain (11,324; 95%…

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  • Demography
  • Confidence interval
  • Medicine
  • Population
  • Excess mortality
  • Relative risk
  • Apparent temperature
  • Extreme heat
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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