A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, “Circulation,” examined heart attack deaths in a Chinese region from 2015 to 2020. The province experiences four seasons, with a broad range of temperatures and occasionally significant levels of air pollution.
Twice as many residents died of heart attacks after four days or more of high feels-like temperatures or heat indexes ranging from 82.6 to 109.4 degrees Fahrenheit, with high concentrations of fine particulate matter in the air on the day of death and/or the day before. According to scientists, the combination of factors caused 2.8% of heart attacks. Feels-like temperatures of 95 or above elevated the risk of a heart attack by 75%.
The study’s findings revealed that heat indices of 91.2 – 104.7 Fahrenheit for at least three days caused 3.2% of the 202,000 fatal heart attacks. Women and adults over the age of 80 were the most vulnerable.
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The study also discovered that the risk of fatal heart attacks rose during heat waves alone: by 18% during a 2-day heat wave with heat indices ranging from 82.6 to 97.9 degrees Fahrenheit, and by 76% during a 4-day heat wave with heat indices ranging from 94.8 to 109.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Source: foxweather.com
