The impact of heat waves on mortality and years of life lost in a dry region of Iran (Kerman) during 2005–2017

Aboubakri, Omid; Khanjani, Narges; Jahani, Yunes; Bakhtiari, Bahram

doi:10.1007/s00484-019-01726-w

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“…The direct adverse effects of heat waves include: (1) for human health, cardiovascular and respiratory damage, even death [7][8][9][10][11][12]; (2) during heat waves, demand for water and electricity surges, putting pressure on water and electricity supplies [13][14][15][16][17]; (3) heat waves affect labor efficiency and reduce productivity [18][19][20][21]; (4) heat waves cause drought, which affects crop growth and reduces crop yield [22][23][24]; (5) heat waves affect the growth and reproduction of livestock and poultry, further affecting the production of meat, eggs and milk [25][26][27][28]. Studying heat waves in the OBOR region can provide a basis for disaster risk reduction, infrastructure construction and enterprise investment and effectively help the government, residents and enterprises in disaster risk reduction and prevention, which are of great significance for the further development of countries in the OBOR region.…”

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“…Research on heat waves has focused on the following aspects: (1) heat wave data production [29,30]; (2) the impact of heat waves on human casualties, productivity and infrastructure, etc. [9]; (3) heat wave risk assessment [13,31]; (4) the mechanism that caused the heat wave [32][33][34]; (5) synergy between urban heat islands and heat waves [35][36][37]; (6) heat wave disaster management mechanisms [38,39]; (7) heat wave disaster prediction [40,41]. Heat wave data production is the basic work of heat wave studies.…”

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Spatiotemporal Distribution and Risk Assessment of Heat Waves Based on Apparent Temperature in the One Belt and One Road Region

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Heat waves seriously affect the productivity and daily life of human beings. Therefore, they bring great risks and uncertainties for the further development of countries in the One Belt and One Road (OBOR) region. In this study, we used daily meteorological monitoring data to calculate the daily apparent temperature and annual heat wave dataset for 1989–2018 in the OBOR region. Then, we studied their spatiotemporal distribution patterns. Additionally, multi-source data were used to assess heat wave risk in the OBOR region. The main results are as follows: (1) The daily apparent temperature dataset and annual heat wave dataset for 1989–2018 in the OBOR region at 0.1° × 0.1° gridded resolution were calculated. China, South Asia and Southeast Asia are suffering the most serious heat waves in the OBOR region, with an average of more than six heat waves, lasting for more than 60 days and the extreme apparent temperature has reached over 40 °C. Additionally, the frequency, duration and intensity of heat waves have been confirmed to increase continuously. (2) The heat wave risk in the OBOR region was assessed. Results show that the high heat wave risk areas are distributed in eastern China, northern South Asia and some cities. The main conclusion is that the heat wave risk in most areas along the OBOR route is relatively high. In the process of deepening the development of countries in the OBOR region, heat wave risk should be fully considered.

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Spatiotemporal Distribution and Risk Assessment of Heat Waves Based on Apparent Temperature in the One Belt and One Road Region

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“…The increasing frequency, intensity and duration of HWs in different world regions seem to follow the observed global warming in recent decades [3,4]. The impact of HWs on human health has been investigated in terms of mortality, morbidity and hospital admissions as well as in terms of heat stress and human body's energy balance [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. The populations in low and middle income countries are more affected from HWs as compared to high income countries and as global warming progresses, they will still be more affected [13].…”

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Response of Urban Heat Stress to Heat Waves in Athens (1960–2017)

Katavoutas

Founda

2019

Atmosphere

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The increasing frequency, intensity and duration of heat waves seem to follow the observed global warming in recent decades. Vulnerability to heat waves is expected to increase in urban environments mainly due to population density and the effect of the urban heat island that make cities hotter than surrounding non-urban areas. The present study focuses on a vulnerable area of the eastern Mediterranean, already characterized as a ‘hot spot’ with respect to heat-related risk and investigates the change in heat stress levels during heat wave compared to non-heat wave conditions as well as the way that heat stress levels respond to heat waves in urban, compared to non-urban, environments. The adoption of a metric accounting for both the intensity and duration of the hot event yielded a total of 46 heat wave episodes over a nearly 60-year period, but with very rare occurrence until the late 1990s and a profound increased frequency thereafter. The results reveal a difference of at least one thermal stress category between heat wave and non-heat wave periods, which is apparent across the entire range of the thermal stress distribution. The analysis demonstrates a robust intensification of nighttime heat stress conditions in urban, compared to non-urban, sites during severe heat waves. Nevertheless, severe heat waves almost equalize heat stress conditions between urban and non-urban sites during midday.

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“…There are limited studies on the effects of heatwaves on health in the Middle East in general and in Iran in particular [24]. In recent years, studies on the effect of heatwaves on health had been conducted by Ahmadzadeh et al in 2014, Sharafkhani et al in 2020and Aboubakri et al in 2019 in three cold regions in Iran (Tehran, Urmia and Kerman cities, respectively) [16,17,25,26]. These regions have a completely different climate from Khuzestan province and the city of Dezful, located in the southwest of Iran.…”

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Excess Risk of Mortality Due to Heatwaves in Dezful city, Southwest of Iran

Aghababaeian

Ostadtaghizadeh

Ardalan

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Background: Recent studies show that heatwaves pose risks to human health. Iran is exposed to heatwaves, but the evidence for the health impact of heatwaves is scarce. We aimed to evaluate the impact of heatwaves on daily deaths from non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory in the city of Dezful in Iran from 2013 to 2019.Method: We collected daily ambient temperature and mortality and defined two types of heatwaves by combining daily temperature ³90thin each month of the study period or since 30 years with duration ³2 and 3 days. We used a distributed lag non-linear model to investigate the association between each type of heatwave definition and deaths from non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory with lags up to 13 days.Results: Heat waves of both definitions were associated with a higher risk of non-accidental mortality. The association between heat waves and mortality appeared acutely and lasted for 3 and 4 days. The main effect and added effect are more pronounced among male and older adults than their counterparts. We found no evidence of an association of cardiovascular and respiratory deaths with heat waves.Conclusion: Dezful is a city with a hot climate. However, the results showed that heatwaves could have detrimental effects on health, even in populations accustomed to the extreme heat. Therefore, early warning systems which monitor heat waves should provide the necessary warnings to all exposed groups, especially the elderly and the male groups.

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The impact of heat waves on mortality and years of life lost in a dry region of Iran (Kerman) during 2005–2017

Cited by 22 publications

References 37 publications

Spatiotemporal Distribution and Risk Assessment of Heat Waves Based on Apparent Temperature in the One Belt and One Road Region

Spatiotemporal Distribution and Risk Assessment of Heat Waves Based on Apparent Temperature in the One Belt and One Road Region

Response of Urban Heat Stress to Heat Waves in Athens (1960–2017)

Excess Risk of Mortality Due to Heatwaves in Dezful city, Southwest of Iran

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