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. 2023 Jun;113(6):657-660.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307269. Epub 2023 Apr 6.

Excess Injury Mortality in Washington State During the 2021 Heat Wave

Joan A Casey  1 , Robbie M Parks  1 , Tim A Bruckner  1 , Alison Gemmill  1 , Ralph Catalano  1
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Excess Injury Mortality in Washington State During the 2021 Heat Wave

Joan A Casey et al. Am J Public Health. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

Under global warming scenarios, heat waves of this magnitude will become much more common. Adaptation and planning efforts are needed to protect residents of the historically temperate Pacific Northwest for a range of health outcomes. (Am J Public Health. 2023;113(6):657-660. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307269).

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Observed Injury Deaths in (a) the United States and (b) Washington State: December 29, 2013–July 31, 2021 Note. The dashed red lines indicate the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (part a) and the beginning of the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave (part b). Observed injury deaths were obtained from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and calculated as all-cause deaths minus “natural deaths.”
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