Differences in Heat-Related Mortality by Citizenship Status: United States, 2005–2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Taylor, Ethel V. ; Vaidyanathan, Ambarish ; Flanders, W. Dana ; Murphy, Matthew ; Spencer, Merianne ; Noe, Rebecca S.
• Description:
  Objectives ; To determine whether non-US citizens have a higher mortality risk of heat-related deaths than do US citizens. ; Methods ; We used place of residence reported in mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System from 2005 to 2014 as a proxy for citizenship to examine differences in heat-related deaths between non-US and US citizens. Estimates from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey of self-reported citizenship status and place of birth provided the numbers for the study population. We calculated the standardized mortality ratio and relative risk for heat-related deaths between non-US and US citizens nationally. ; Results ; Heat-related deaths accounted for 2.23% (n = 999) of deaths among non-US citizens and 0.02% (n = 4196) of deaths among US citizens. The age-adjusted standardized mortality ratio for non-US citizens compared with US citizens was 3.4 (95% confidence ratio CI = 3.2, 3.6). This risk was higher for Hispanic non-US citizens (risk ratio RR = 3.6; 95% CI = 3.2, 3.9) and non-US citizens aged 18 to 24 years (RR = 20.6; 95% CI = 16.5, 25.7). ; Conclusions ; We found an increased mortality risk among non-US citizens compared with US citizens for heat-related deaths, especially those younger and of Hispanic ethnicity.
• Keywords:
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Cause of Death
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Emigrants and Immigrants
  • Ethnicity
  • Female
  • Heat Stress Disorders
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• Source:
  Am J Public Health. 108(Suppl 2):S131-S136
• Pubmed ID:
  29072944
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5920731
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  108
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53682/cdc_53682_DS1.pdf
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  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:36eac6ba54dae3de40d526c53215a22f827a12f0870628173a2044ee90338663