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Alternative Title:
Int J Disaster Risk Reduct
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101517
Personal Author:
Lehnert, Erica Adams ; Wilt, Grete ; Flanagan, Barry ; Hallisey, Elaine
Lehnert, Erica Adams ; Wilt, Grete ; Flanagan, Barry ; Hallisey, Elaine Less -
Description:
Heat-related illness, an environmental exposure-related outcome commonly treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments (ED), is likely to rise with increased incidence of heat events related to climate change. Few studies demonstrate the spatial and statistical relationship of social vulnerability and heat-related health outcomes. We explore relationships of Georgia county-level heat-related ED visits and mortality rates (2002-2008), with CDC's Social Vulnerability Index (CDC SVI). Bivariate Moran's I analysis revealed significant clustering of high SVI rank and high heat-related ED visit rates (0.211, p < 0.001) and high smoothed mortality rates (0.210, | < 0.001). Regression revealed that for each 10% increase in SVI ranking, ED visit rates significantly increased by a factor of 1.18 (95% CI = 1.17-1.19), and mortality rates significantly increased by a factor of 1.31 (95% CI = 1.16-1.47). CDC SVI values are spatially linked and significantly associated with heat-related ED visit, and mortality rates in Georgia.
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Heat-related Health Outcomes
Social Vulnerability
Spatial Analysis

Source:
Int J Disaster Risk Reduct. 46
Pubmed ID:
35923219
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC9345528
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
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urn:sha256:f0da0e08afa8529fa42d62d78bbd458d9556986c22f1be50c3c641338a67561b
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