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[ZD20] Heat waves and daily number of deaths
Key message
Daily numbers of deaths increase during heat waves. Excess mortality during heat waves is greatest in the elderly and people with pre-existing illness. eight heat waves occurred in year 2019. The average number of deaths was 53 deaths per day during the period of heat waves and equal 53 deaths per day during the period of non-heat wave days. In 2019, no less or excess deaths than expected occurred during heat waves in total population.
Charts
Slovenian Environment Agency, 2020, National Institute of Public Health, 2020 (4.12.2020)
Daily number of deaths[number of deaths] | Daily pseudo-equivalent temperatures[°C] | |
|---|---|---|
8. 06. 2019 | 52 | 53.50 |
9. 06. 2019 | 38 | 53 |
10. 06. 2019 | 58 | 61.40 |
11. 06. 2019 | 50 | 64 |
12. 06. 2019 | 53 | 64.40 |
13. 06. 2019 | 45 | 57.60 |
14. 06. 2019 | 42 | 57.50 |
15. 06. 2019 | 49 | 62.10 |
16. 06. 2019 | 59 | 62 |
17. 06. 2019 | 53 | 56.40 |
18. 06. 2019 | 65 | 56.90 |
19. 06. 2019 | 55 | 59.60 |
20. 06. 2019 | 52 | 60.10 |
21. 06. 2019 | 46 | 57.50 |
22. 06. 2019 | 58 | 57.50 |
23. 06. 2019 | 50 | 57.80 |
24. 06. 2019 | 47 | 58.70 |
25. 06. 2019 | 40 | 64.70 |
26. 06. 2019 | 57 | 65 |
27. 06. 2019 | 62 | 71.20 |
28. 06. 2019 | 44 | 54.10 |
29. 06. 2019 | 40 | 52.30 |
Ocena podnebnih sprememb v Sloveniji do konca 21. stoletja, 2018 (4. 12. 2020)
Heatwaves are defined using EHF (Excess Heat Factor, left) and using HWMId (Heat-wave Magnitude Index Daily, right). Events from May to September are considered.
