Global warming could increase deaths from traffic accidents and violence
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Global warming has been shown to not only have a significant impact on the natural environment and ecosystems, but also on human society and the expected date of childbirth . According to research conducted by researchers in the United States and the United Kingdom, it was found that 'global warming may increase the number of deaths due to traffic accidents, violent incidents, drowning'.
Anomalously warm temperatures are associated with increased injury deaths | Nature Medicine
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-019-0721-y
Car accidents, drownings, violence: hotter temperatures will mean more deaths from injury
https://theconversation.com/car-accidents-drownings-violence-hotter-temperatures-will-mean-more-deaths-from-injury-129628
The research team collected data on 'injury deaths' that occurred throughout the United States except Alaska and Hawaii between 1980 and 2017. The gender, the age of death, the cause of death, and the place where they lived were determined for each case.
Data collected show that between 1980 and 2017, 4,145,963 men and 1,285,817 women died from injuries, accounting for 9.3% of all male deaths and It turned out that it accounted for 4.2%. In addition, more than half of the fatalities from male injuries were concentrated between the ages of 15 and 44, while the number of female fatalities was almost the same for those aged 15 and older.
The following graph summarizes the number of male and female fatalities by age and color-coded according to the cause of death. The upper row is male and the lower row is female. `` Deaths from injuries '' include deaths from traffic accidents (Transport), falls and falls (Falls), drownings (Drownings), deaths from assaults and injuries (Assault), suicides (Suicide), and deaths caused by other causes (Other Injuries). Road accidents are the leading cause of death in women under the age of 75 and men under the age of 35, with men killing the most in suicide between the ages of 35 and 74. In addition, the number of fatalities caused by falls and falls has increased with the age of both men and women, and the total number of fatalities caused by drowning, assault and injury has been small.
The team combined these data with the monthly average temperature at each location and data such as the days when the temperature was especially hotter than the average, saying, `` How much more fatal injuries can occur if the temperature is 1.5 degrees higher? Was analyzed.
The analysis found that a 1.5-degree rise in temperature would increase the number of deaths and suicides from assaults and injuries by less than 3%, and the number of deaths from traffic accidents by 2% for men and 0.5% for women. In addition, the rise in temperature is likely to increase the number of young men heading to the waterside, and a 1.5-degree rise in temperature will increase the number of deaths from drowning in men aged 15 to 24 by 13.7%.
The graph below classifies fatalities due to injuries into `` unintentional deaths such as traffic accidents, falls, falls, drowning '' and `` intentional deaths due to injuries and suicides (Intentional) '', temperature is 1.5 degrees It shows how much the number of deaths increases or decreases when it rises by gender and by month. It can be seen that falls due to falls and falls are reduced in the elderly, but other causes of death are increasing. The research team predicts that a 1.5-degree rise in temperature will increase the number of deaths in the United States by 1601 a year, with 84% of men and 16% of women dying. You. Furthermore, if the temperature rises twice, the number of deaths per year is projected to increase by 2135.
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In addition, if the body temperature rises too much, it can reduce concentration and make you tired. These effects on the body can cause car accidents and accidents while moving the machine, and as a result hot days increase, deaths from injuries increase.
Some researchers predict that global warming will increase temperatures to a maximum of 5.8 degrees by the end of the 21st century, suggesting that rising temperatures could have a greater impact on people's deaths, studying environmental issues at the Australian National University Liz Hanna points out. The need for climate change mitigation efforts is increasing urgency, Hanna said.
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