Study reveals shifts in rates of cold weather deaths based on age and race. -
George Citroner - Americans are dying from cold weather at more than twice the rate they did two decades ago.
A total of 40,079 deaths were recorded from 1999 to 2022, with cold temperatures as either an underlying or contributing cause of death, according to a research letter published Dec. 19 in
JAMA Network...
The letter highlights a
long-term trend of increase in the rate of cold-related deaths, more than doubling from 0.44 per 100,000 people in 1999 to 0.92 per 100,000 people in 2022....
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