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Relation between Temperature and Mortality in Thirteen Spanish Cities

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  • Carmen Iñiguez

    (Center for Public Health Research (CSISP), Avda Catalunya 21, 46020, Valencia, Spain
    Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Doctor Aiguader, 88 1ª Planta, 8003 Barcelona, Spain
    Valencian School for Studies on Health (EVES), Juan de Garay 21, 46017, Valencia, Spain)

  • Ferran Ballester

    (Center for Public Health Research (CSISP), Avda Catalunya 21, 46020, Valencia, Spain
    Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Doctor Aiguader, 88 1ª Planta, 8003 Barcelona, Spain
    Valencian School for Studies on Health (EVES), Juan de Garay 21, 46017, Valencia, Spain
    University of Valencia, Jaume Roig s/n, 46010, Valencia, Spain)

  • Juan Ferrandiz

    (University of Valencia, Jaume Roig s/n, 46010, Valencia, Spain
    In memoriam)

  • Santiago Pérez-Hoyos

    (Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Doctor Aiguader, 88 1ª Planta, 8003 Barcelona, Spain
    Valencian School for Studies on Health (EVES), Juan de Garay 21, 46017, Valencia, Spain
    Research Institute, Hospital Vall d’Hebrón, Passeig Vall d’Hebron, 119-129 08035 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Marc Sáez

    (Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Doctor Aiguader, 88 1ª Planta, 8003 Barcelona, Spain
    Departament d’Economia, University of Girona, Campus de Montilivi 17071 Girona, Spain)

  • Antonio López

    (University of Valencia, Jaume Roig s/n, 46010, Valencia, Spain)

Abstract

In this study we examined the shape of the association between temperature and mortality in 13 Spanish cities representing a wide range of climatic and socio-demographic conditions. The temperature value linked with minimum mortality (MMT) and the slopes before and after the turning point (MMT) were calculated. Most cities showed a V-shaped temperature-mortality relationship. MMTs were generally higher in cities with warmer climates. Cold and heat effects also depended on climate: effects were greater in hotter cities but lesser in cities with higher variability. The effect of heat was greater than the effect of cold. The effect of cold and MMT was, in general, greater for cardio-respiratory mortality than for total mortality, while the effect of heat was, in general, greater among the elderly.

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  • Carmen Iñiguez & Ferran Ballester & Juan Ferrandiz & Santiago Pérez-Hoyos & Marc Sáez & Antonio López, 2010. "Relation between Temperature and Mortality in Thirteen Spanish Cities," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 7(8), pages 1-15, August.
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