Impact of population aging on future temperature-related mortality at different global warming levels

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Older adults are generally amongst the most vulnerable to heat and cold. While temperature-related health impacts are projected to increase with global warming, the influence of population aging on these trends remains unclear. Here we show that at 1.5 °C, 2 °C, and 3 °C of global warming, heat-related mortality in 800 locations across 50 countries/areas will increase by 0.5%, 1.0%, and 2.5%, respectively; among which 1 in 5 to 1 in 4 heat-related deaths can be attributed to population aging. Despite a projected decrease in cold-related mortality due to progressive warming alone, population aging will mostly counteract this trend, leading to a net increase in cold-related mortality by 0.1%-0.4% at 1.5-3 °C global warming. Our findings indicate that population aging constitutes a crucial driver for future heat- and cold-related deaths, with increasing mortality burden for both heat and cold due to the aging population.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 15(2024), 1 vom: 27. Feb., Seite 1796

Sprache:

Englisch

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Chen, Kai [VerfasserIn]
de Schrijver, Evan [VerfasserIn]
Sivaraj, Sidharth [VerfasserIn]
Sera, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Scovronick, Noah [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Leiwen [VerfasserIn]
Roye, Dominic [VerfasserIn]
Lavigne, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Kyselý, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Urban, Aleš [VerfasserIn]
Schneider, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Huber, Veronika [VerfasserIn]
Madureira, Joana [VerfasserIn]
Mistry, Malcolm N [VerfasserIn]
Cvijanovic, Ivana [VerfasserIn]
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Gasparrini, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana M [VerfasserIn]
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Date Completed 29.02.2024

Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41467-024-45901-z

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NLM369035763