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To put in perspective, you should compare numbers with mortality caused by cold weather, which is significantly bigger (about 8 times more). It's 4 594 098 dea
by t0bia_s 3y ago
To put in perspective, you should compare numbers with mortality caused by cold weather, which is significantly bigger (about 8 times more).
It's 4 594 098 deaths by cold and 489 075 deaths by heat during years 2000-2019, source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00081-4/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5...
- mikeyouse 3y agoSure, but my original post was restricted to Europe and per that Lancet study, it's only maybe 3.5x more (660k cold vs. 180k hot) -- hence why the 2022 year stood out so much. The authors of the prior study estimated 70,000 excess deaths due to heat in 2022 alone which is nearly 40% of the total for the 20 year period from 2000-2019 -- or about 8x the 'background rate' of excess heat deaths. If we are seeing warming and years like 2022 are going to be more common, that's a really, really big deal.