Impact of Temperature in Summer on Emergency Transportation for Heat-Related Diseases in Japan

Chinese Medical Journal
Yukie ItoTomoaki Imamura

Abstract

In Japan, the demand for emergency transportation for people with heat-related illness has recently increased. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between incidents of heat-related illness and the daily maximum temperature. The daily maximum temperatures in Japan's 11 districts over the past 10 years were classified into four categories, with cutoff points at the 50th, 75th, 95th, and higher than 95th percentiles. We then conducted a logistic regression analysis of emergency transportation demand in each temperature category by age group, using the 50th percentile as the reference category for each area. There were 42,931 cases of emergency transportation due to heat-related diseases during the study period. Classified by age, 12.5%, 43.4%, and 44.1% of cases involved children, adults, and elderly people, respectively. The analysis showed that the number of cases of emergency transportation for people with heat-related diseases (per 100,000 people; corresponding to a 1.0°C increase in the daily maximum temperature) was 0.016-0.106 among children (24.9-169.9 children required emergency transportation for heat-related diseases), from 0.013 to 0.059 among adults (19.8-98.2 adults required emergency transp...Continue Reading

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