Heat-related deaths are up, and not just because it’s getting hotter

Heat was the underlying or contributing cause of about 1,670 deaths nationwide in 2022, for a rate of about 5 deaths per million residents, according to provisional data from the CDC. #press

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/09/11/heat-related-deaths-are-up-and-not-just-because-its-getting-hotter/?utm_source=press.coop

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