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- Excess mortality attributed to heat and cold: a health impact assessment study in 854 cities in EuropePublication . Masselot, Pierre; Mistry, Malcolm; Vanoli, Jacopo; Schneider, Rochelle; Iungman, Tamara; Garcia-Leon, David; Ciscar, Juan-Carlos; Feyen, Luc; Orru, Hans; Urban, Aleš; Breitner, Susanne; Huber, Veronika; Schneider, Alexandra; Samoli, Evangelia; Stafoggia, Massimo; de’Donato, Francesca; Rao, Shilpa; Armstrong, Ben; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark; Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana Maria; Gasparrini, Antonio; Achilleos, Souzana; Kyselý, Jan; Indermitte, Ene; Jaakkola, Jouni J.K.; Ryti, Niilo; Pascal, Mathilde; Katsouyanni, Klea; Analitis, Antonis; Goodman, Patrick; Zeka, Ariana; Michelozzi, Paola; Houthuijs, Danny; Ameling, Caroline; Silva, Susana; Madureira, Joana; Holobaca, Iulian-Horia; Tobias, Aurelio; Íñiguez, Carmen; Forsberg, Bertil; Åström, Christofer; Ragettli, Martina S.; Surname, First name; Zafeiratou, Sofia; Vazquez Fernandez, Liliana; Monteiro, Ana; Rai, Masna; Zhang, Siqi; Aunan, KristinBackground: Heat and cold are established environmental risk factors for human health. However, mapping the related health burden is a difficult task due to the complexity of the associations and the differences in vulnerability and demographic distributions. In this study, we did a comprehensive mortality impact assessment due to heat and cold in European urban areas, considering geographical differences and age-specific risks. Methods: We included urban areas across Europe between Jan 1, 2000, and Dec 12, 2019, using the Urban Audit dataset of Eurostat and adults aged 20 years and older living in these areas. Data were extracted from Eurostat, the Multi-country Multi-city Collaborative Research Network, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, and Copernicus. We applied a three-stage method to estimate risks of temperature continuously across the age and space dimensions, identifying patterns of vulnerability on the basis of city-specific characteristics and demographic structures. These risks were used to derive minimum mortality temperatures and related percentiles and raw and standardised excess mortality rates for heat and cold aggregated at various geographical levels. Findings: Across the 854 urban areas in Europe, we estimated an annual excess of 203 620 (empirical 95% CI 180 882-224 613) deaths attributed to cold and 20 173 (17 261-22 934) attributed to heat. These corresponded to age-standardised rates of 129 (empirical 95% CI 114-142) and 13 (11-14) deaths per 100 000 person-years. Results differed across Europe and age groups, with the highest effects in eastern European cities for both cold and heat. Interpretation: Maps of mortality risks and excess deaths indicate geographical differences, such as a north-south gradient and increased vulnerability in eastern Europe, as well as local variations due to urban characteristics. The modelling framework and results are crucial for the design of national and local health and climate policies and for projecting the effects of cold and heat under future climatic and socioeconomic scenarios.
- Heat-related cardiorespiratory mortality: Effect modification by air pollution across 482 cities from 24 countriesPublication . Rai, Masna; Stafoggia, Massimo; de'Donato, Francesca; Scortichini, Matteo; Zafeiratou, Sofia; Vazquez Fernandez, Liliana; Zhang, Siqi; Katsouyanni, Klea; Samoli, Evangelia; Rao, Shilpa; Lavigne, Eric; Guo, Yuming; Kan, Haidong; Osorio, Samuel; Kyselý, Jan; Urban, Aleš; Orru, Hans; Maasikmets, Marek; Jaakkola, Jouni J.K.; Ryti, Niilo; Pascal, Mathilde; Hashizume, Masahiro; Fook Sheng Ng, Chris; Alahmad, Barrak; Hurtado Diaz, Magali; De la Cruz Valencia, César; Nunes, Baltazar; Madureira, Joana; Scovronick, Noah; Garland, Rebecca M.; Kim, Ho; Lee, Whanhee; Tobias, Aurelio; Íñiguez, Carmen; Forsberg, Bertil; Åström, Christofer; Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana; Ragettli, Martina S.; Leon Guo, Yue-Liang; Pan, Shih-Chun; Li, Shanshan; Gasparrini, Antonio; Sera, Francesco; Masselot, Pierre; Schwartz, Joel; Zanobetti, Antonella; Bell, Michelle L.; Schneider, Alexandra; Breitner, SusanneHighlights: - Heat effect modification by air pollution on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality was investigated across 482 cities.- Heat effect was seen to be significantly modified by air pollutants PM10, PM2.5, O3, and NO2. -This study is the most extensive research to date investigating the heat effect modification on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality. - This is the first-ever study to deeply investigate effect modifications by air pollutants such as PM2.5 and NO2.