Map of the 451 locations included in the analysis
The locations represent metropolitan areas, provinces, or larger areas from 23 countries within nine regions. The colours represent different ranges of average daily
mean temperature, computed.
The largest global study to date on the effects of climate change on temperature-related mortality shows that more deaths due to hot weather may not be balanced by fewer deaths in colder world regions should global temperatures continue to rise. Swiss TPH, working for improved health of the people around the globe, prepared the data set for Switzerland. The paper entitled "Projections of temperature-related excess mortality under climate change scenarios", published in The Lancet Planetary Health by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), compared heatand cold-related mortality across 451 locations in nine regions and 23 countries, Switzerland being one of them. According to LSHTM, the research involved created the first global model of how mortality rates change with hot or cold weather. The data used includes 85 million deaths between 1984 and 2015 from a wide-range of locations with different climates, socioeconomics and demographics. This enabled the team to estimate how temperature-related mortality rates will change under alternative scenarios of climate change as defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Heat and Mortality in Switzerland Martina Ragettli, epidemiologist at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) is co-author of the LSHTM-study.
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