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Impact of Urban Overheating and Heat-Related Mortality in Mexico

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Urban Overheating: Heat Mitigation and the Impact on Health

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Abstract

Latin America and the Caribbean is the region with the largest population concentrated in megacities, 81% of the population live in urban areas, and by 2050 the proportion will hover at 89%. México, with its inequitable healthcare access and almost 100 million people living in 4,189 urban settlements faces a sustainable city agenda for climate action and good health and well-being. This chapter addresses morbidity and mortality pre-pandemic data related to heat-related diseases from the National Morbidity Yearbook and the National Mortality Census to identify and characterize trends by state, age, gender, and environmental conditions under the ICD-10 system. Evidence presented in a municipal case study indicates that ischemic heart disease counts for ≈33% of total deaths in the urban context, being an elderly female population above 55 years old the most vulnerable.

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Acknowledgements

The time dedicated to this research was possible due to the UABC internal financing research projects, and its Library system data base, Programa para el Desarrollo Profesional Docente (PRODEP) and research activities supported by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT) through its Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI). In addition, the authors would like to gratefully acknowledge B. Eng. Randy Martinez for his valuable orientation and our undergraduate students Alina Vasquez, Linette Carrillo, Lidia Ornelas, Melissa Salgado, and Erick Sanchez for their enthusiasm and assistance with data collection details.

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  1. Facultad de Ingeniería, Arquitectura y Diseño, Universidad Autonóma de Baja California, Ensenada, México

    M. E. González-Trevizo & K. E. Martínez-Torres

  2. Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño, Universidad Autonóma de Baja California, Mexicali, México

    A. Luna-León

  3. Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería y La Tecnologia, Universidad Autonóma de Baja California, Tijuana, México

    J. F. Armendáriz-López

  4. Urban Lab: Laboratorio de Urbano y de Políticas Públicas, Ensenada, México

    J. Sandoval-Félix

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González-Trevizo, M.E., Martínez-Torres, K.E., Luna-León, A., Armendáriz-López, J.F., Sandoval-Félix, J. (2022). Impact of Urban Overheating and Heat-Related Mortality in Mexico. In: Aghamohammadi, N., Santamouris, M. (eds) Urban Overheating: Heat Mitigation and the Impact on Health. Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4707-0_17

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