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Germany/ Hundreds in hospital due to heat

2024-07-17 08:57:00, Kosova & Bota CNA
Germany/ Hundreds in hospital due to heat
Photography: Francisco Seco

Due to extreme heat, in the period from 2002 to 2022, an average of about 1,500 people were hospitalized each year in Germany. In 20 cases, the heat was the direct cause of death, the Federal Statistics Agency announced. In recent years, heatstroke and heat or sun damage have led to an average of 1,500 hospital admissions per year. Extreme heat is also a problem for the health of the population here", says the report of this Entity, which looks back on the period 2002-2022.

During this period, heat was the direct cause of death for an average of 20 people per year. "Very high temperatures generally increase mortality," the Federal Bureau of Statistics report said. In many cases, the combination of heat and previous illnesses increases the risk of death, the number of deaths is increased because heat often has an indirect effect on mortality.

From 30 degrees...

According to the definition of the German Meteorological Service, heat is considered when temperatures reach 30 degrees Celsius or more. As an example, statisticians cite 2015, which with an average of 17.6 hot days, was one of the warmest years.

The number of hospital treatments due to health problems caused by heat and sunlight reached 2,322 cases this year, which is 59 percent more than the average in the period 2002-2022, the statistics said. In the same year, according to statistics, 60 deaths were related to heat or sunlight - three times the average from 2002 to 2022.

The year 2019 also had many hot days: about 1,692 cases of thermal treatment and 39 deaths were recorded. Most hospitalizations (2,600) and relatively many deaths (41) due to heat or sunlight were recorded in 2003. Even then, with an average of 19 days, there were relatively many hot days. In its study, the Statistics Office relies on data from hospitals and causes of death, as well as data from the German Meteorological Service. /DW





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