Heat-Associated Deaths in Maricopa County, AZ: Final Report for 2015
- Abstract
Mortality from environmental heat is a significant public health problem in Maricopa County, especially because it is largely preventable. Maricopa County has conducted heat surveillance since 2006. Each year, the enhanced heat surveillance season usually begins in May and ends in October. The main goals of heat surveillance are to identify the demographic characteristics of heat-associated deaths (e.g., age and gender) and the risk factors for mortality (e.g., homelessness). Sharing this information helps community stakeholders to design interventions in an effort to prevent heat-associated deaths among vulnerable populations.
- Resource Type
- Report
- Author
- Maricopa County Public Health
- Date
- 2015
- Institution
- Maricopa County Public Health
- Organization Type
- State/local health department (inc. international)
- Health and Human Impact
- Heat illness/extreme temperature
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Heat
- Region
- Southwest
- Other
- Social determinants of health Vulnerable populations