Mortality burden and economic loss attributable to cold and heat in Central and South America

Aurelio Tobías (), Carmen Íñiguez, Magali Hurtado Díaz, Horacio Riojas, Luis Cifuentes, Dominic Royé, Rosana Abrutzky, Micheline Coelho, Paulo Saldiva, Nicolás Valdés Ortega, Patricia Matus Correa, Samuel Osorio, Gabriel Carrasco, Valentina Colistro, Mathilde Pascal (), Olivier Chanel, Lina Madaniyazi and Antonio Gasparrini
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Aurelio Tobías: IDAEA - Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research - CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain], School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health [Nagasaki, Japan] - Nagasaki University
Carmen Íñiguez: CIBERESP - Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública = Consortium for Biomedical Research of Epidemiology and Public Health, UV - Universitat de València = University of Valencia
Paulo Saldiva: USP - Universidade de São Paulo = University of São Paulo

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Abstract: What this study adds: This study provides evidence of the health burden and economic losses attributable to heat and cold in Central and South American countries, covering various climates and populations. Most of the mortality burden for Central and South American countries is caused by cold compared to heat. The results showed geographical and climatic variations, indicating a significantly higher impact of nonoptimal temperatures in countries of the Southern Cone and locations with temperate climates. These findings offer direct evidence to guide policymakers in developing public health policies for mitigation and adaptation to the region's health effects and economic impacts of nonoptimal temperatures.

Keywords: Nonoptimal temperatures; Mortality burden; Economic loss; Time series; Distributed lag nonlinear models; Multicountry; Central and South America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-10-10
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Published in Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 2024, 8, ⟨10.1097/ee9.0000000000000335⟩

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DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000335

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