TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Heat wave morbidity and mortality, Milwaukee, Wis, 1999 vs 1995: an improved response?
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Rumm, P. D.
A1  - Torok, Thomas J.
A1  - Blair, K.
A1  - Hanrahan, L. P.
A1  - Foldy, Seth L.
A1  - Anderson, H. A.
A1  - Weisskopf, Marc G.
SP  - 830
EP  - 833
VL  - 92
IS  - 5
N2  - OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether differences in heat alone, as opposed to public health interventions or other factors, accounted for the reduction in heat-related deaths and paramedic emergency medical service (EMS) runs between 1995 and 1999 during 2 heat waves occurring in Milwaukee, Wis. METHODS: Two previously described prediction models were adapted to compare expected and observed heat-related morbidity and mortality in 1999 based on the city's 1995 experience. RESULTS: Both models showed that heat-related deaths and EMS runs in 1999 were at least 49% lower than levels predicted by the 1995 relation between heat and heat-related deaths or EMS runs. CONCLUSIONS: Reductions in heat-related morbidity and mortality in 1999 were not attributable to differences in heat levels alone. Changes in public health preparedness and response may also have contributed to these reductions.
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SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -