Extreme temperatures and mortality in the North of Spain

Gómez‐Acebo, Inés; Llorca, Javier; Rodríguez-Cundín, Paz; Dierssen-Sotos, Trinidad

doi:10.1007/s00038-010-0229-1

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“…As for gender, our review revealed inconsistency regarding its modification effect on the association between air-pollution and weather exposure and mortality and hospital admission health outcomes. Nevertheless, most of the reviewed studies have found that females have higher risks of mortality and/or hospital admission after exposure to air-pollution and/or weather fluctuations beyond region-specific thresholds including hot and cold temperatures [9,47,57,58,65,78,[109][110][111][112]. Whereas some studies found higher risks of mortality and/or hospital admissions among males in relation to air-pollution and/or weather exposure [25,40,42,59,70,113,114].…”

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“…Most of the reviewed studies stratified and adjusted their analysis by age and gender [25,40,51,[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61]. Socio-economic deprivation, education attainment, income level, marital status, and occupational class were considered as confounders or effect modifiers in some of the reviewed studies [25,58,[62][63][64][65][66].…”

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The effect of air-pollution and weather exposure on mortality and hospital admission and implications for further research: A systematic scoping review

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Background Air-pollution and weather exposure beyond certain thresholds have serious effects on public health. Yet, there is lack of information on wider aspects including the role of some effect modifiers and the interaction between air-pollution and weather. This article aims at a comprehensive review and narrative summary of literature on the association of air-pollution and weather with mortality and hospital admissions; and to highlight literature gaps that require further research. Methods We conducted a scoping literature review. The search on two databases (PubMed and Web-of-Science) from 2012 to 2020 using three conceptual categories of “environmental factors”, “health outcomes”, and “Geographical region” revealed a total of 951 records. The narrative synthesis included all original studies with time-series, cohort, or case cross-over design; with ambient air-pollution and/or weather exposure; and mortality and/or hospital admission outcomes. Results The final review included 112 articles from which 70 involved mortality, 30 hospital admission, and 12 studies included both outcomes. Air-pollution was shown to act consistently as risk factor for all-causes, cardiovascular, respiratory, cerebrovascular and cancer mortality and hospital admissions. Hot and cold temperature was a risk factor for wide range of cardiovascular, respiratory, and psychiatric illness; yet, in few studies, the increase in temperature reduced the risk of hospital admissions for pulmonary embolism, angina pectoris, chest, and ischemic heart diseases. The role of effect modification in the included studies was investigated in terms of gender, age, and season but not in terms of ethnicity. Conclusion Air-pollution and weather exposure beyond certain thresholds affect human health negatively. Effect modification of important socio-demographics such as ethnicity and the interaction between air-pollution and weather is often missed in the literature. Our findings highlight the need of further research in the area of health behaviour and mortality in relation to air-pollution and weather, to guide effective environmental health precautionary measures planning.

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The effect of air-pollution and weather exposure on mortality and hospital admission and implications for further research: A systematic scoping review

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“…Heat-related mortality is, presumably, one of the most comprehensively studied consequences of climate change (Sera et al 2019). More frequent and longer heat waves increase mortality and morbidity, as demonstrated, for example, by Cheng et al (2014) for China and Gomez-Acebo et al (2012) for the north of Spain. Although mostly older people are affected, social and economic factors also play an important role in vulnerability to temperature extremes (Mari-Dell' Olmo et al 2019).…”

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Int J Public Health

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“…But considerably more studies are related to mortality (e.g. Tobías et al 2014;Gómez-Acebo et al 2012;Maté et al 2010;Raga et al 2010;Taracido Trunk et al 2009;Borrell et al 2006;Díaz et al 2006). The seasonal behaviour of morbi-mortality, especially pronounced in respiratory pathologies, shows clear increases during the winter and minimum values in summertime (Montero et al 2010;Raga et al 2010;Analitis et al 2008;Díaz et al 2005).…”

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Winter circulation weather types and hospital admissions for respiratory diseases in Galicia, Spain

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The link between various pathologies and atmospheric conditions has been a constant topic of study over recent decades in many places across the world; knowing more about it enables us to pre-empt the worsening of certain diseases, thereby optimizing medical resources. This study looked specifically at the connections in winter between respiratory diseases and types of atmospheric weather conditions (Circulation Weather Types, CWT) in Galicia, a region in the north-western corner of the Iberian Peninsula. To do this, the study used hospital admission data associated with these pathologies as well as an automatic classification of weather types. The main result obtained was that weather types giving rise to an increase in admissions due to these diseases are those associated with cold, dry weather, such as those in the east and south-east, or anticyclonic types. A second peak was associated with humid, hotter weather, generally linked to south-west weather types. In the future, this result may help to forecast the increase in respiratory pathologies in the region some days in advance.

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Extreme temperatures and mortality in the North of Spain

Abstract: The deleterious effect of increasing temperatures in summer is more pronounced than the beneficial effect of a similar increase in winter.

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The effect of air-pollution and weather exposure on mortality and hospital admission and implications for further research: A systematic scoping review

The effect of air-pollution and weather exposure on mortality and hospital admission and implications for further research: A systematic scoping review

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Winter circulation weather types and hospital admissions for respiratory diseases in Galicia, Spain

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