74 Thousand hospitalizations of elderly due to hypothermia in US, 1991-2006
AREAS OF CONCERN
Climate variability has the potential to substantially increase the number and intensity of extreme weather events worldwide. Extreme cold spells are causing hypothermia, a relatively common but preventable condition, resulting in significant morbidity.
due to hypothermia and frostbites for elderly in USA
between 1991 and 2005
Annual Cost of hospitalizations
$71,670,188 35455565758595
105115125
1991
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2005
$ M
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ns
COST
COST
© 2010, Alexander Liss Alexander Liss, Elena N. Naumova. Cold Spells and Hospitalizations due to Hypothermia: Unrecognized Threats for Elderly with Diabetes. Presented at Congress of International Society of Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona 2011
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