Which Age Groups Die From Extreme Heat in the U.S.?
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The CDC notes that older adults, the very young, and people with mental illness and chronic diseases are at the greatest risk for heat-related illnesses and deaths resulting from heat stroke, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, or cerebrovascular disease. But even young and healthy people can be affected: more than one in five heat-related deaths occur in Americans aged 15 to 44.
Dataset
Age Group | % of heat related deaths |
---|---|
<1 | 1.1 |
1-4 | 3 |
5-14 | 0.6 |
15-24 | 3 |
25-34 | 7.8 |
33-44 | 11.3 |
45-54 | 14.4 |
55-64 | 20.1 |
65-74 | 18.8 |
75-84 | 13.2 |
85, | 6.8 |
Data sources
* Deaths associated with exposure to natural heat were defined as deaths with any underlying or contributing causes of death having International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes X30, P81.0, or T67. Any records including code W92 (“Exposure to excessive heat of man-made origin”) were excluded. In total, 3,066 heat-related deaths occurred during 2018–2020.