Heat-Stress Illness and Mortality in Louisiana

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson J ; Bakshi A ; Friedman K ; Reilly A
• Description:
  Several programs within the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), Section of Environmental Epidemiology & Toxicology (SEET) have been analyzing heat-stress illness. SEET's Occupational Health Program has reported on preliminary health effects of climate (2015) while tracking the effects of heat on Louisiana's workforce. The Environmental Health Tracking Program (LDH Tracking) has mainly considered the heat effects of climate as related to the surveillance of heat-stress illness. SEET has been a catalyst since 2015 for a series of outreach initiatives to improve public awareness, in an effort to keep everyone - from infants to older adults - safe from the effects of heat. Working closely with the State Climatologist, the two SEET programs have collaborated on this article to describe the health effects of heat among Louisianans during 2010-2016. Most crucial from a public health messaging point of view, males aged 20-44 were found to be at the greatest risk of developing heat-stress illnesses, as determined by the higher frequency of this age group being treated in the Emergency Department (ED) or hospital setting for heat-stress during 2010-2016. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Epidemiology Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Mortality Occupational Health Public Health Safety Temperature
• Keywords:
  Climatic Conditions Emergency Care Heat Exposure Heat Stress Hot Environments Medical Treatment Mortality Data Public Health Temperature Effects
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  11-16
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066179
• Citation:
  LA Morbid Rep: Environ Occup Ed, 2019 Nov; 1(1):11-16
• Contact Point Address:
  Louisiana Morbidity Report, Section of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, Louisiana Department of Health, P.O. Box 60630, New Orleans, LA 70160
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  Louisiana State Office of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20150720
• Source Full Name:
  Louisiana Morbidity Report: Environmental and Occupational Edition
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c6201b791665cff273cbcc629c12f90fcd9adc8ad54aba5e09acfad099a79f8280aaebd6160468501e79b803641db6091b0940ea786fc7f7281a289eae01b939
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212679/cdc_212679_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 973.62 KB ]