Heat-related morbidity and mortality in Canada : national-level examination of heat-related illnesses and deaths from environmental heat exposure.: H129-171/2025E-PDF
"No pan-Canadian picture of heat-related morbidity and mortality presently exists. Smaller, regional quantifications of the burden of annual heat-related illness and death have been calculated. However, they are inconsistently available across space and time and do not constitute a comprehensive national-level understanding. To help fill this gap, this bulletin describes the burden of heat-related morbidity and mortality in Canada over the last 20 (morbidity) and 40 years (mortality) using nationally-available health administrative datasets. By sharing the available heat-related health data in Canada, this bulletin provides baseline measurements against which future data can be compared following changes in climate, demographics, policy direction, and implementation of intervention strategies. …"--Context, page 1.
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| Title | Heat-related morbidity and mortality in Canada : national-level examination of heat-related illnesses and deaths from environmental heat exposure. |
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| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Digital text |
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| Description | 1 online resource (24 pages) : colour illustrations |
| ISBN | 9780660774114 |
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| Departmental catalogue number | 250071 |
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