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Averaged? 1.9 per day, 700 yearly. https://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Winter_weather_report.pdf https://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/upl
by peterwwillis 8y ago
Averaged? 1.9 per day, 700 yearly. https://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Winter_weather_report.pdf https://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Wint...
Throughout the US from 1999 to 2011, an average of about 1,301 per year (but not exclusive to homeless). https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6151a6.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6151a6.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr076.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr076.pdf
Also there was an average of 658 deaths per year due to heat or humidity (again, not exclusively homeless). https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/prolonged-exposure-to-heat-cho/26887488 https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/prolonged-exposu...
These deaths are mostly preventable by just giving people a room to sit in that's warmer/colder than the outside air, for a very small number of nights/days. An outreach program during these periods of extreme temperatures could have a big impact.