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Author(s) Patrick Amoatey Ralph Trancoso Zhiwei Xu et al.

Evaluating the association between heatwave vulnerability index and related deaths in Australia

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Environmental Impact Assessment Review (Elsevier)
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This study investigated the relationship between the heatwave vulnerability index (HVI) and the risk of heatwave-related deaths across the country. The findings indicate a positive association between HVI (β: 0.18, 95% CI: 0.08-0.27) and an increased percentage of heatwave-related deaths across capital cities.

A unit increase in HVI was associated with a higher risk of mortality during severe heatwave days (β: 0.39, 95% CI: 0.05-0.74) compared to low-intensity heatwave days (β: 0.21, 95% CI: 0.09-0.32). Additionally, the HVI component factor comprising low education, low income, a low number of healthcare professionals, and high diabetes prevalence was strongly associated with all heatwave-related deaths in capital cities.

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Hazards Heatwave
Themes Risk identification and assessment
Country and region Australia
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ISBN/ISSN/DOI
10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107812 (DOI)
Number of pages
12 p.
Publication year
2025

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