Health · Public Health & Disease · 1 hr ago
Deaths from extreme heat now rival those from HIV and malaria
More people worldwide are dying after exposure to extremely high temperatures.
The annual Lancet Countdown assessment says heat deaths are now on a scale similar to HIV and malaria.
This comparison describes the size of the death toll, not a link between heat and those diseases.
It puts extreme heat among major causes of death worldwide.
The rising toll shows the human cost of exposure to very high temperatures is growing.
The assessment gives no further steps or forecast.
Deaths from exposure to extreme temperatures are rising worldwide.
Heat has reached the same order of magnitude as HIV and malaria as a cause of death.
The finding comes from the annual Lancet Countdown report.
- Who
- People worldwide exposed to extreme temperatures.
- What
- Deaths from extreme heat have reached the same order of magnitude as deaths from HIV and malaria.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Worldwide.
- Why
- Exposure to extremely high temperatures.
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- Report
- Annual Lancet Countdown report
- Geographic scope
- Worldwide
- Comparison
- Heat deaths are in the same order of magnitude as deaths from HIV and malaria