Yang, J., Zhou, M., Ren, Z. et al. Projecting heat-related excess mortality under climate change scenarios in China. Nat Commun

Objective:

• Assess the excess mortality risk of future heat exposure by cause of death, region and individual characteristics

Case:

• China

Methodology:

• Temperature and mortality
• Heat-related mortality

Data Source

• Mortaility, weather and socioeconomic
• Temperature: RCP and NWAI-WG
• SSP

Findings:

• People living in southern, eastern, central and northern China, subjects with cardiorespiratory disease, females, the elderly, and the illiterate will suffer more adverse effect from future high temperature

• Population aging will amplify heat-related deaths in the future

Coding Reference:

• Upon request