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Cold kills almost 10x more than heat https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-change/extreme-temperatures-kill-5-million-a-year-20-year-study-77875 https://

• sandworm101 4y ago
  In India and sub-Saharan Africa. This article is about livable cities, all of which are in countries where heating is not much of an issue. Canada, a country that knows cold and hosts many of the cities on this list, looses maybe a hundred people a year to cold. But BC recently lost nearly 500 to heat in a single heat wave. In the developed world, heat is far more a problem than cold. "In Canada, more than 80 people die each year from over-exposure to the cold." https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-health-topics/cold-weather-everyone.aspx https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-health-topics/co...
  • quintushoratius 4y ago
    It could just be bias in the data. In Canada and northern US, you expect the cold and plan accordingly. In sub-Saharan Africa, you expect the heat and plan accordingly. It's when the conditions flip-flop (hot Canada, cold Africa) that people run into trouble.