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Heat-related fatalities in North Carolina

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  • Mirabelli, M.C.
  • Richardson, D.B.

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We used medical examiner's records to identify heat-related fatalities (N=161) that occurred during the period January 1, 1977, to December 31, 2001, in North Carolina. Estimates of the population at risk were derived from US census data. Annual fatality rates increased with increases in average summer temperature and with the number of days per year at 90°F or higher. Of the occupational heat-related fatalities (n=40), 45% occurred among farm laborers, many of whom died unnoticed and without medical attention.

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  • Mirabelli, M.C. & Richardson, D.B., 2005. "Heat-related fatalities in North Carolina," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 95(4), pages 635-637.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2004.042630_6
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.042630
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    1. Diana B Petitti & Sharon L Harlan & Gerardo Chowell-Puente & Darren Ruddell, 2013. "Occupation and Environmental Heat-Associated Deaths in Maricopa County, Arizona: A Case-Control Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(5), pages 1-8, May.
    2. Laurel Harduar Morano & Sharon Watkins & Kristina Kintziger, 2016. "A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Burden of Heat-Related Illness and Death within the Florida Population," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-21, May.
    3. David Meredith & J. McNamara, 2010. "Occupational fatalities amongst farm workers in Ireland, 1992 – 2008," Working Papers 1013, Rural Economy and Development Programme,Teagasc.

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