Short-term association between air temperature and mortality in seven cities in Norway: A time series analysis ...

• Main Authors: Vázquez Fernández, Liliana, Diz-Lois Palomares, Alfonso, Vicedo Cabrera, Ana M., Freiesleben De Blasio, Birgitte, Di Ruscio, Francesco, Wisløff, Torbjørn, Rao, Shilpa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: SAGE Journals 2024
• Subjects: Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.7107022; https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Short-term_association_between_air_temperature_and_mortality_in_seven_cities_in_Norway_A_time_series_analysis/7107022

Background:The association between ambient air temperature and mortality has not been assessed in Norway. This study aimed to quantify for seven Norwegian cities (Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Drammen, Fredrikstad, Trondheim and Tromsø) the non-accidental, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases mortality burden due to non-optimal ambient temperatures.Methods:We used a historical daily dataset (1996–2018) to perform city-specific analyses with a distributed lag non-linear model with 14 days of lag, and pooled results in a multivariate meta-regression. We calculated attributable deaths for heat and cold, defined as days with temperatures above and below the city-specific optimum temperature. We further divided temperatures into moderate and extreme using cut-offs at the 1st and 99th percentiles.Results:We observed that 5.3% (95% confidence interval (CI) 2.0–8.3) of the non-accidental related deaths, 11.8% (95% CI 6.4–16.4) of the cardiovascular and 5.9% (95% CI –4.0 to 14.3) of the respiratory were attributable to ...