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Publication a ambient temperature MORTALITY cardiovascular disease respiratory mortality

Short-term association between air temperature and mortality in seven cities in Norway: A time series analysis

Liliana Vazquez Fernandez, Alfonso Diz-Lois Palomares, Ana Maria Vicedo Cabrera, Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio, Francesco Di Ruscio Torbjørn Wisløff, Shilpa Rao

The association between ambient air temperature and mortality has not been assessed in Norway. This study aimed to quantify for seven Norwegian cities (Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Drammen, Fredrikstad, Trondheim and Tromsø) the non-accidental, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases mortality burden due to non-optimal ambient temperatures.

Short-term association between air temperature and mortality in seven cities in Norway: A time series analysis
March 2024
Publication Heat effects respiratory mortality

Assessing heat effects on respiratory mortality and location characteristics as modifiers of heat effects at a small area scale in Central-Northern Europe

Sofia Zafeiratou, Evangelia Samoli, Antonis Analitis, Antonio Gasparrini, Massimo Stafoggia, Francesca K De' Donato, Shilpa Rao, Siqi Zhang, Susanne Breitner, Pierre Masselot, Kristin Aunan, Alexandra Schneider, Klea Katsouyanni

Background: Heat effects on respiratory mortality are known, mostly from time-series studies of city-wide data. A limited number of studies have been conducted at the national level or covering non-urban areas. Effect modification by area-level factors has not been extensively investigated. Our study assessed the heat effects on respiratory mortality at a small administrative area level in Norway, Germany, and England and Wales, in the warm period (May-September) within 1996-2018. Also, we examined possible effect modification by several area-level characteristics in the framework of the EU-Horizon2020 EXHAUSTION project.

Assessing heat effects on respiratory mortality and location characteristics as modifiers of heat effects at a small area scale in Central-Northern Europe
September 2023
Publication cardiopulmonary mortality respiratory mortality Temperature climate change mitigation

Temporal variation in the association between temperature and cause-specific mortality in 15 German cities

Masna Rai, Susanne Breitner, Veronika Huber, Siqi Zhang, Annette Peters, Alexandra Schneider

There is limited evidence of temporal changes in the association between air temperature and the risk of cause-specific cardiovascular [CVD] and respiratory [RD] mortality. We analysed a total of 3,159,292 non-accidental, 1,063,198 CVD and 183,027 RD deaths. We found evidence of rising population susceptibility to both heat- and cold-related CVD and RD mortality risk from 1993 to 2016. Climate change mitigation and targeted adaptation strategies might help to reduce the number of temperature-related deaths in the future.

Temporal variation in the association between temperature and cause-specific mortality in 15 German cities
July 2023
Publication air pollution MORTALITY PM 2.5 cardiovascular respiratory mortality

Coarse Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality: A Global Study in 205 Cities

Liu C, Cai J, Chen R, Sera F, Guo Y, Tong S, Li S, Lavigne E, Correa PM, Ortega NV, Orru H, Maasikmets M, Jaakkola JJK, Ryti N, Breitner S, Schneider A, Katsouyanni K, Samoli E, Hashizume M, Honda Y, Ng CFS, Diaz MH, Valencia CC, Rao S, Palomares AD, Silva SPD, Madureira J, Holobac IH, Fratianni S, Scovronick N, Garland RM, Tobias A, Iniguez C, Forsberg B, Astrom C, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Ragettli MS, Guo YL, Pan SC, Milojevic A, Bell ML, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Gasparrini A, Kan H

The associations between ambient coarse particulate matter (PM2.5–10) and daily mortality are not fully understood globally. We collected daily mortality (total, cardiovascular, and respiratory) and air pollution data from 205 cities in 20 countries/regions. This study provides novel global evidence on the robust and independent associations between short-term exposure to ambient PM2.5–10 and total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality, suggesting the need to establish a unique guideline or regulatory limit for daily concentrations of PM2.5–10.

Coarse Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality: A Global Study in 205 Cities
June 2022