The relationship of ambient temperature and humidity with mortality on the Maltese Islands 1992-2005

Autor:	England, Kathleen, Camilleri, Liberato, Calleja, Neville, Debono, Roberto, Porter, Saviour, Plapp, Sabrina
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Heat -- Physiological effect -- Malta Mortality -- Malta Human beings -- Effect of temperature on -- Malta Humidity -- Malta
Popis:	Key messages -Daily mortality rates during winter are higher than during the remaining seasons - this difference is more conspicuous in persons aged 65 years and over The optimum average apparent temperature during which mortality rate was at a minimum was found to be around 27°C Mean average apparent temperature during winter during the period 1992-2005 was 11.57oC and average daily mortality rate during this season was 18.07/100000 in persons over 65 years and 0.64/100000 in persons under 65 years. During the summer the mean average apparent temperature was 29.93oC and the average daily mortality rate during this season was 12.46/100000 in persons over 65 years and 0.57/100000 in persons under 65 years. At temperatures above 27oC the daily mortality rate increases more rapidly per degree compared to when it drops below 27oC peer-reviewed
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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