Comparison of the impact of temperature extremes on mortality in Prague and other regions of the Czech Republic

0331773 - ÚFA 2010 RIV SK eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Plavcová, Eva - Kyselý, Jan
Comparison of the impact of temperature extremes on mortality in Prague and other regions of the Czech Republic.
Sustainable development and bioclimate. Reviewed conference proceedings. Bratislava: Slovak bioklimatological society, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Geophysical institute, 2009 - (Pribullová, A.; Bičárová, S.), s. 213-214. ISBN 978-80-900450-1-9.
[Sustainable development and bioclimate. Stará Lesná (SK), 05.10.2009-08.10.2009]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA205/07/1254
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z30420517
Keywords : Biometeorologie * hot spell * cold spell * total mortality * mortality due to cardiovascular diseases
Subject RIV: DG - Athmosphere Sciences, Meteorology

The study examines and compares association between positive and negative temperature anomalies (hot and cold spells) and mortality in the population of Prague and the whole Czech Republic. We focus on differences in mortality impacts in individual seasons, several groups of population (younger/older, men/women), and in mortality due to cardiovascular diseases and other causes of deaths. The main differences in the mortality response in Prague and in the other regions of the Czech Republic are that the population of Prague is more vulnerable to high temperatures in summer, whereas it is less impacted by low temperatures in winter.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0177203