A new study questions whether the U.S. government is doing enough to protect Black people from extreme heat.
LA County crew member Jonathan Lainez hydrates as he works to repave a section of East Altadena Dr. as temperatures reach 100 degrees and above in Altadena, California, on August 28, 2023.
The nameless man in the U.S. Department of Labor’s July 2021 accident report database is one of more than 275 linked to heat-related cardiovascular deaths, like heart attacks and strokes, between May 2018 and December 2022. A 2014 report found thatExtreme heat takes a heavy toll on the heart, and Black people are particularly vulnerable.
In either scenario, the increase will be most acute among Black adults over 20 and for all adults over 65.Black Americans have higher rates of negative underlying health factors and are more likely to live in underinvested neighborhoods that “have less access to air conditioning; less tree cover; and a higher degree of the ‘urban heat island effect,’” lead study author Sameed Khatana, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, said in the report.
The new analysis looked at all reported cardiovascular deaths in the U.S. between 2008 and 2019 and compared how deaths rose or declined on days of extreme heat. On average, extreme heat was associated with 1,651 excess cardiovascular deaths yearly.
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