Hotter temperatures could kill 2,000 more a year in US: Study

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A rise in temperature of just two degrees Celsius could lead to an additional 2,100 deaths from injuries every year in the United States, ...

PARIS: A rise in temperature of just two degrees Celsius could lead to an additional 2,100 deaths from injuries every year in the United States, researchers said on Monday , highlighting another danger posed by global warming.

They then tracked unusual temperature changes for each county over the same period and found that deaths from injuries tended to rise during warmer months, particularly in populous southern states such as California, Texas and Florida. Data from the National Center for Health Statistics analysed by the team showed that in the 1980-2017 period, 4.1 million boys and men died from injury compared with 1.8 million girls and women.

 

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