Winter mortality in relation to climate.

We report further details of the Eurowinter survey of cold related mortalities and protective measures against cold in seven regions of Europe, and review these with other evidence on the relationship of winter mortality to climate. Data for the oldest subject group studied, aged 65-74, showed that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Keatinge, WR, Donaldson, GC, Bucher, K, Jendritzky, G, Cordioli, E, Martinelli, M, Katsouyanni, K, Kunst, AE, McDonald, C, Näyhä, S, Vuori, I, Eurowinter Group
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2000
Subjects:
Aged
Cold Temperature
Environmental Exposure
Europe
Humans
Mortality
Risk Factors
Seasons
Stress
Physiological
Circumpolar Health
Online Access:http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1355677/
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Summary:We report further details of the Eurowinter survey of cold related mortalities and protective measures against cold in seven regions of Europe, and review these with other evidence on the relationship of winter mortality to climate. Data for the oldest subject group studied, aged 65-74, showed that in this vulnerable group, high levels of protection against indoor and outdoor cold at given outdoor temperatures were found mainly in countries with cold winters, and were associated with low levels of excess mortality at a given level of outdoor cold. Regions such as London that had poor protection against cold and/or high baseline mortalities had higher levels of winter excess mortality than expected for the coldness of their winters.

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