Journal
JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 187-196Publisher
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DOI: 10.1038/s41370-020-0202-x
Keywords
Attributable fractions; Mortality; Years of life lost; Non-accidental deaths; Optimum temperature
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81573262]
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This study assessed the impact of non-optimum ambient temperature on years of life lost (YLL) and mortality burden in Shenzhen, finding that a majority of temperature-related YLL and mortality were caused by mild but non-optimum weather conditions, especially mild cold.
To assess YLL and mortality burden attributable to non-optimum ambient temperature, we collected mortality and environmental data from June 1, 2012 to December 30, 2017 in Shenzhen. We applied distributed lag nonlinear models with 21 days of lag to examine temperature-YLL and temperature-mortality associations, and calculated the attributable fractions of YLL and deaths for non-optimum temperature, including four subranges, mild cold, mild heat, extreme cold, and extreme heat. Cold and heat were distinguished by the optimum temperature, and each was separated into extreme and mild by cutoffs at 2.5th (12.2 degrees C) and 97.5th (30.4 degrees C) temperature percentile further. The optimum temperature was defined as the temperature that had minimum effect on YLL or mortality risk. The optimum temperature for non-accidental YLL was 24.5 degrees C, and for mortality it was 25.4 degrees C. Except for the population older than 65 years, the optimum temperature was generally lower in the YLL model than the mortality model. Of the total 61,576 non-accidental deaths and 1,350,835.7 YLL within the study period, 17.28% (95% empirical CI 9.42-25.14%) of YLL and 17.27% (12.70-21.34%) of mortality were attributable to non-optimum temperature. More YLL was caused by cold (10.14%, 3.94-16.36%) than by heat (7.14%, 0.47-13.88%). Mild cold (12.2-24.5 degrees C) was responsible for far more YLL (8.78%, 3.00-14.61%) than extreme cold (3.5-12.2 degrees C). As for cardiovascular deaths, only the fractions attributable to overall and cold temperature were significant, with mild cold contributing the largest fraction to YLL (16.31%, 6.85-25.82%) and mortality (16.08%, 9.77-21.22%). Most of the temperature-related YLL and mortality was attributable to mild but non-optimum weather, especially mild cold, while the YLL model implied a more prominent heat effect on premature death. Our findings can supply additional evidence from multiperspectives for health planners to define priorities and make targeted policies for mitigating the burden of adverse temperatures.
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