Mortality and morbidity associated with ambient temperatures in Taiwan

The Science of the Total Environment
Yu-Kai LinYu-Chun Wang

Abstract

This study evaluated integrated risks of all-cause mortality, emergency room visits (ERVs), and outpatient visits associated with ambient temperature in all cities and counties of Taiwan. In addition, the modifying effects of socio-economic and environmental factors on temperature-health associations were also evaluated. A distributed lag non-linear model was applied to estimate the cumulative relative risks (RRs) with confidence intervals of all-cause mortality, ERVs, and outpatient visits associated with extreme temperature events. Random-effect meta-analysis was used to estimate the pooled RR of all-cause mortality, ERVs, and outpatient visits influenced by socio-economic and environmental factors. Temperature-related risks varied with study area and health outcome. Meta-analysis showed greater all-cause mortality risk occurred in low temperatures than in high temperatures. Integrated RR of all-cause mortality was 1.71 (95% confidence interval [CI]:1.43-2.04) in the 5th percentile temperature and 1.10 (95% CI: 1.05-1.15) in the 95th percentile temperature, while the lowest mortality risk was in the 60th percentile temperature (22.2 °C). Risk for ERVs increased when temperature increased (RR was 1.21 [95% CI: 1.17-1.26] in 95...Continue Reading

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Jan 7, 2021·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Yang ShenShijie Chang
Oct 20, 2020·The Science of the Total Environment·Yu-Chun WangYu-Kai Lin
Feb 14, 2021·The Science of the Total Environment·Shan ZhengYana Bai
Feb 20, 2021·Environmental Research·J A López-BuenoJ Díaz

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