Mortality from cold waves in Castile — La Mancha, Spain

Montero, Juan Carlos; Mirón, I.J.; Criado-Álvarez, J.J.; Linares, Cristina; Díaz, Julio

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.086

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“…A lag effect of up to 23 days was observed, particularly for respiratory mortality, highlighting the prolonged effects of cold weather on health [35]. A study performed in Spain found that each 1 °C decrease below a seasonal temperature threshold caused a mortality excess of 10% [45]. An association between lower temperatures and mortality due to cancer, respiratory diseases, and cardiovascular diseases was also found.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Low temperatures have an effect on respiratory tract infections [37], myocardial infarction [38], stroke hospitalization [39] and general hospital admissions [40], and mortality [35,[41][42][43]. Extreme cold spells cause increases in morbidity [38] and mortality due to respiratory, cardio-, and cerebrovascular diseases [39,44,45]. The effect of cold weather on mortality increases with age, and is greater in warmer (southern) cities.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Conversely, in the same region, mortality rates are expected to increase by up to 11.8% for each 1 °C increase above the threshold during the warm season [19]. Table 3, [19,30,35,[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] lists the search results according to the focus of the research. Most of the papers address the observed effects of low temperatures on mortality (4) and morbidity (3).…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…Cold waves also account for significant excess mortality during winter months and countries not used to cold weather are considered to be more at risk 47,48 . In 2010, deaths due to cold weather were reported by media from the following countries: Czech Republic (6), Romania (22), Poland (202), and the Ukraine (250).…”

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Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C virus genotypes and subtypes among injecting drug users in Hungary

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The aim of this study was to determine the geographical distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes/subtypes among people who inject drugs (PWID) recruited at 22 needle exchange sites and drug outpatient services in all seven Planning and Statistical Regions of Hungary. Of 198 such PWID, 147 (74.2%), 45 (22.7%) and six (3.0%) carried genotype 1, 3 or 4, respectively, and 31 (72.1%) of the 43 genotype 1 sequences were of subtype 1a. Genotype 3 was significantly more prevalent in provincial towns than in the capital, Budapest. Injecting for a longer period and an older age both correlated with a higher prevalence of genotype 3, suggesting possible future changes in genotype distribution. The distributions of hepatitis C virus genotypes/subtypes differed significantly between the tested PWID and the general population. The identification of genotype 3 reflected its worldwide occurrence among PWID. Our results underline the importance of genotyping before treatment, especially among people who have ever injected drugs in Hungary.

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“…For the United States, Curriero et al (2002) have demonstrated the population sensitivity to cold weather for 11 cities, while, for 15 cities across Europe, Analitis et al (2008) have revealed the considerable impact on public health arising from increases in cardiovascular, respiratory, and cerebrovascular disease-related deaths during cold spells. Cold-related causes of death have been uncovered for different areas of the Iberian Peninsula (Gomez-Acebo et al 2010;Montero et al 2010;Vasconcelos et al 2013), while an unexpected correlation between the extreme cold temperatures and mortality from cancer, not previously reported, was observed, primarily among the elderly in the community of Cantabria in northern Spain (Gomez-Acebo et al 2013). Across England, lower ambient winter temperatures associated with a strong negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), as well as winter temperature seasonality, have been found to be associated with increased risk of ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarction (McGregor et al 2004;McGregor 2005;Bhaskaran et al 2010).…”

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Exploring Winter Mortality Variability in Five Regions of England Using Back Trajectory Analysis

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Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. ABSTRACT: This paper aims to define atmospheric pathways related with the occurrence of daily winter low temperature episodes (LTE) in England, for the 26-yr period 1974-99, and to reveal possible associations with increased mortality rates. For this purpose, backward airmass trajectories, corresponding to LTE in five regions of England, were deployed. A statistically significant increase in mortality levels, at the 0.05 level, was found for LTE, compared to non-LTE days across all five regions. Seven categories of atmospheric trajectory patterns associated with LTE were identified: east, local, west, North Atlantic, Arctic, southwest, and Scandinavian. Consideration of the link between airmass trajectory patterns and mortality levels by region revealed a possible west-to-east split in the nature of air masses connected with elevated mortality. Specifically, for the West Midlands and northwest regions, relatively warm winter weather conditions from the west, most likely associated with the eastward progression of low pressure systems, are allied with the highest daily average mortality counts, whereas, for the northeast, Humberside/York, and southeast regions, cold continental air advection from northern or eastern Europe, which lasts for several days and is linked with either a blocking pattern over the western margins of Europe or an intense high pressure anomaly over eastern or northern Europe, appears important in mortality terms. This finding confirms that winter weather health associations are complex, such that climate setting and airmass climatology need to be taken into account when considering climate and health relationships.

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Mortality from cold waves in Castile — La Mancha, Spain

Cited by 56 publications

References 34 publications

The Health Effects of Climate Change in the WHO European Region

The Health Effects of Climate Change in the WHO European Region

Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C virus genotypes and subtypes among injecting drug users in Hungary

Exploring Winter Mortality Variability in Five Regions of England Using Back Trajectory Analysis

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