Health impact assessment for mortality associated with high temperatures in Cyprus

Tsangari Haritini; Heaviside Clare; Vardoulakis Sotiris; K. Paschalidou Anastasia; E. Georgiou Kyriakos; Kassomenos Pavlos; N. Yamasaki Edna

doi:10.1109/MELCON.2016.7495465

Health impact assessment for mortality associated with high temperatures in Cyprus

Tsangari Haritini, Heaviside Clare, Vardoulakis Sotiris, K. Paschalidou Anastasia, E. Georgiou Kyriakos, Kassomenos Pavlos, N. Yamasaki Edna

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Abstract

Climate change is associated with extreme temperatures that can have severe effects on public health, in the form of heat-related mortality. In the present paper we perform a health impact assessment for mortality associated with extreme weather in Cyprus, during the months of April-September for the 6-year period between 2004-2009. Additionally, we estimate the potential health effects of higher summer temperatures, in line with climate change projections. The health impact assessment indicates a significant number of heat-related deaths, as well as a rapid increase in mortality for given temperature rise. Specifically, for an increase of 1°C over the baseline temperatures, heat-related mortality doubles, while for a 5 °C increase, mortality is almost 800% the baseline. It is estimated that these results can provide the necessary basis for linking accurate forecasts of extreme events with effective public health measures and interventions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Intelligent and Efficient Technologies and Services for the Citizen, MELECON 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509000579
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MELCON.2016.7495465
Publication status	Published - 20 Jun 2016
Event	18th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, MELECON 2016 - Limassol, Cyprus Duration: 18 Apr 2016 → 20 Apr 2016

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Other	18th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, MELECON 2016
Country/Territory	Cyprus
City	Limassol
Period	18/04/16 → 20/04/16

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Cyprus
Distributed Lag Non-linear Model
Generalized Linear Model
health impact
mortality
temperature threshold

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Haritini, T., Clare, H., Sotiris, V., Anastasia, K. P., Kyriakos, E. G., Pavlos, K., & Edna, N. Y. (2016). Health impact assessment for mortality associated with high temperatures in Cyprus. In Proceedings of the 18th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference: Intelligent and Efficient Technologies and Services for the Citizen, MELECON 2016 Article 7495465 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/MELCON.2016.7495465

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Health impact assessment for mortality associated with high temperatures in Cyprus. / Haritini, Tsangari; Clare, Heaviside; Sotiris, Vardoulakis et al.
Proceedings of the 18th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference: Intelligent and Efficient Technologies and Services for the Citizen, MELECON 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. 7495465.

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Haritini T, Clare H, Sotiris V, Anastasia KP, Kyriakos EG, Pavlos K et al. Health impact assessment for mortality associated with high temperatures in Cyprus. In Proceedings of the 18th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference: Intelligent and Efficient Technologies and Services for the Citizen, MELECON 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. 7495465 doi: 10.1109/MELCON.2016.7495465

Health impact assessment for mortality associated with high temperatures in Cyprus

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