Contrasting patterns of hot spell effects on morbidity and mortality for cardiovascular diseases in the Czech Republic, 1994-2009

0437512 - GFÚ 2016 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Hanzlíková, Hana - Plavcová, E. - Kynčl, J. - Kříž, B. - Kyselý, J.
Contrasting patterns of hot spell effects on morbidity and mortality for cardiovascular diseases in the Czech Republic, 1994-2009.
International Journal of Biometeorology. Roč. 59, č. 11 (2015), s. 1673-1684. ISSN 0020-7128. E-ISSN 1432-1254
Institutional support: RVO:67985530
Keywords : hot spells * cardiovascular disease * cerebrovascular disease
Subject RIV: DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography
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The study examines effects of hot spells on cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality in the population of the Czech Republic, with emphasis on differences between ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and cerebrovascular disease (CD) and between morbidity and mortality. Daily data on CVD morbidity (hospital admissions) and mortality over 1994–2009 were obtained from national hospitalization and mortality registers and standardized to account for long-term changes as well as seasonal and weekly cycles. Hot spells were defined as periods of at least two consecutive days with average daily air temperature anomalies above the 95 % quantile during June to August. Relative deviations of mortality and morbidity from the baseline were evaluated. Hot spells were associated with excess mortality for all examined cardiovascular causes (CVD, IHD and CD). The increases were more pronounced for CD than IHD mortality in most population groups, mainly in males.
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