Quantifying Vulnerability to Extreme Heat in Time Series Analyses: A Novel Approach Applied to Neighborhood Social Disparities under Climate Change
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Data Source
2.2. Daily Years of Life Lost Disparities (DYLLD) Computation
2.3. Estimating the Association between DYLLD and Temperature in Montreal and Paris
2.4. Using DYLLD in Projections under Climate Change
3. Results
Influence of the City* | ||
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Dependent Variable | Beta (95% CI) | p Value |
Future summer rates of DYLLD** (2021-2050) | 45.13*** (37.17 to 53.54) | < 0.001 |
Impact of Climate Change (ICC) on summer DYLLD | 0.31 (0.14 to 0.49) | < 0.001 |
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Files
Supplementary File 1Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Benmarhnia, T.; Grenier, P.; Brand, A.; Fournier, M.; Deguen, S.; Smargiassi, A. Quantifying Vulnerability to Extreme Heat in Time Series Analyses: A Novel Approach Applied to Neighborhood Social Disparities under Climate Change. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 11869-11879. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120911869
Benmarhnia T, Grenier P, Brand A, Fournier M, Deguen S, Smargiassi A. Quantifying Vulnerability to Extreme Heat in Time Series Analyses: A Novel Approach Applied to Neighborhood Social Disparities under Climate Change. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2015; 12(9):11869-11879. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120911869
Chicago/Turabian StyleBenmarhnia, Tarik, Patrick Grenier, Allan Brand, Michel Fournier, Séverine Deguen, and Audrey Smargiassi. 2015. "Quantifying Vulnerability to Extreme Heat in Time Series Analyses: A Novel Approach Applied to Neighborhood Social Disparities under Climate Change" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 12, no. 9: 11869-11879. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120911869
APA StyleBenmarhnia, T., Grenier, P., Brand, A., Fournier, M., Deguen, S., & Smargiassi, A. (2015). Quantifying Vulnerability to Extreme Heat in Time Series Analyses: A Novel Approach Applied to Neighborhood Social Disparities under Climate Change. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(9), 11869-11879. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120911869