Environmental News Network - Deaths from Cardiovascular Diseases Attributable to Heat and Cold Down 38% in Spain

Details: By Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGLOBAL); 21.Jun

Temperature-related mortality has been decreasing in Spain over the past four decades, according to a new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a research centre supported by ”la Caixa”.

Mohammad Munshed

Temperature-related mortality has been decreasing in Spain over the past four decades, according to a new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a research centre supported by ”la Caixa”. The study analysed the Spanish population’s vulnerability to hot and cold temperatures in the context of global warming.

The study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, analysed temperatures and deaths related to cardiovascular diseases recorded in 48 Spanish provinces between 1980 and 2016. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in Spain and there is clear evidence of an association between temperature and cardiovascular mortality.

The findings show that temperature-related cardiovascular disease mortality was 38.2% lower in the period between 2002 and 2016 than for the period between 1980 and 1994. Analysis of the data in 15-year periods revealed that temperature-related cardiovascular mortality decreased at a rate of more than 17% per decade.

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Deaths from Cardiovascular Diseases Attributable to Heat and Cold Down 38% in Spain