1. Using Annual Data to Estimate the Public Health Impact of Extreme Temperatures
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Chun-Yuh Yang, William B. Goggins, Tomiko Hokama, Emily Ying Yang Chan, and Lewis S. K. Law
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Adult ,Gerontology ,China ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Hot Temperature ,Adolescent ,Epidemiology ,Biometeorology ,Extreme temperature ,Extreme heat ,Young Adult ,Interquartile range ,medicine ,Humans ,Mortality ,Mean radiant temperature ,Child ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Mortality rate ,Public health ,Generalized additive model ,Infant ,Middle Aged ,Child, Preschool ,Environmental science ,Public Health ,Demography - Abstract
Short-term associations between both hot and cold ambient temperatures and higher mortality have been found worldwide. Few studies have examined these associations on longer time scales. Age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) were calculated for 1976-2012 for Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China, defining "annual" time periods in 2 ways: from May through April of the following year and from November through October. Annual frequency and severity of extreme temperatures were summarized by using a degree-days approach with extreme heat expressed as annual degree-days >29.3°C and cold as annual degree-days
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- 2015
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