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. 2023 Jul 10;29(7):1857–1866. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02419-z

Table 1.

National sex-specific heat-related mortality numbers and rates during the summer of 2022

Attributable number (deaths) Attributable rate (deaths per million)
Country Overall Women Men Overall Women Men
Albania 352 (97, 586) 186 (39, 336) 80 (4, 155) 117 (32, 195) 125 (26, 225) 53 (2, 102)
Austria 419 (109, 741) 274 (−55, 570) 199 (66, 332) 47 (12, 83) 60 (−12, 125) 45 (15, 75)
Belgium 434 (−26, 911) 264 (−68, 558) 159 (−26, 341) 38 (−2, 79) 45 (−12, 95) 28 (−5, 60)
Bulgaria 1,277 (549, 2,072) 678 (138, 1,145) 556 (239, 867) 176 (75, 285) 182 (37, 307) 157 (68, 245)
Switzerland 302 (48, 557) 255 (54, 433) 93 (20, 161) 35 (6, 64) 58 (12, 99) 22 (5, 37)
Cyprus 101 (24, 173) 56 (6, 110) 47 (17, 75) 113 (27, 193) 123 (13, 240) 107 (38, 171)
Czechia 279 (−25, 607) 290 (37, 520) 38 (−45, 122) 26 (−2, 56) 53 (7, 95) 7 (−8, 23)
Germany 8,173 (5,374, 11,018) 3,925 (1,656, 6,403) 2,771 (1,333, 4,149) 98 (64, 132) 93 (39, 152) 68 (32, 101)
Denmark 252 (42, 468) 119 (−51, 274) 59 (−19, 136) 43 (7, 80) 41 (−17, 93) 20 (−7, 47)
Estonia 167 (26, 296) 113 (7, 214) 39 (−5, 83) 123 (19, 217) 157 (9, 297) 61 (−8, 129)
Greece 3,092 (2,217, 3,915) 2,076 (1,551, 2,586) 822 (448, 1,186) 280 (201, 355) 367 (274, 457) 153 (83, 220)
Spain 11,324 (7,908, 14,880) 7,190 (4,426, 9,478) 4,250 (2,825, 5,633) 237 (166, 312) 295 (182, 389) 181 (121, 241)
Finland 225 (−94, 562) 278 (−15, 551) 30 (−14, 71) 40 (−17, 100) 98 (−5, 194) 11 (−5, 26)
France 4,807 (1,739, 8,123) 2,424 (−473, 4,964) 2,584 (1,237, 3,889) 73 (26, 124) 71 (−14, 146) 81 (39, 122)
Croatia 731 (346, 1,069) 469 (198, 708) 212 (72, 344) 172 (82, 252) 213 (90, 322) 104 (35, 168)
Hungary 513 (−126, 1,207) 529 (74, 915) 129 (−131, 396) 51 (−13, 121) 101 (14, 175) 27 (−27, 83)
Ireland 26 (−168, 199) 38 (−90, 174) 0 (0, 0) 5 (−34, 40) 15 (−35, 69) 0 (0, 0)
Iceland 0 (0, 0) 0 (−2, 3) 0 (0, 0) 0 (0, 0) 2 (−12, 17) 0 (0, 0)
Italy 18,010 (13,793, 22,225) 11,917 (8,078, 15,148) 6,268 (4,619, 7,817) 295 (226, 364) 379 (257, 482) 211 (156, 264)
Liechtenstein 1 (−2, 3) 1 (−1, 3) 0 (0, 0) 19 (−42, 73) 41 (−56, 143) 0 (−10, 11)
Lithuania 381 (158, 618) 157 (−13, 309) 190 (94, 282) 128 (53, 208) 99 (−8, 194) 138 (68, 204)
Luxembourg 44 (−1, 91) 25 (−1, 51) 7 (−7, 20) 69 (−2, 144) 79 (−3, 162) 22 (−21, 62)
Latvia 105 (−33, 242) 42 (−69, 144) 46 (−20, 111) 52 (−16, 120) 39 (−63, 133) 49 (−21, 120)
Montenegro 50 (−12, 108) 31 (−17, 83) 7 (−8, 21) 81 (−19, 173) 100 (−55, 262) 22 (−26, 69)
Malta 76 (−2, 150) 41 (−11, 90) 43 (12, 72) 147 (−5, 290) 166 (−43, 363) 160 (43, 270)
Netherlands 469 (−8, 981) 326 (−117, 727) 155 (−49, 357) 27 (0, 56) 37 (−13, 82) 18 (−6, 41)
Norway 30 (−32, 86) 8 (−43, 58) 28 (−2, 57) 5 (−6, 16) 3 (−16, 22) 10 (−1, 21)
Poland 763 (−283, 1860) 559 (−417, 1446) 259 (−73, 576) 20 (−7, 48) 28 (−21, 73) 14 (−4, 31)
Portugal 2,212 (1,703, 2,679) 1,227 (761, 1,618) 828 (592, 1,064) 211 (162, 255) 222 (138, 293) 166 (119, 214)
Romania 2,455 (1,201, 3,797) 1,130 (56, 2,145) 1,323 (779, 1,837) 122 (60, 189) 110 (5, 209) 135 (79, 187)
Serbia 574 (226, 955) 465 (244, 651) 253 (89, 415) 81 (32, 135) 129 (68, 180) 74 (26, 121)
Sweden 40 (−104, 200) 46 (−100, 181) 9 (−30, 50) 4 (−10, 19) 9 (−19, 35) 2 (−6, 10)
Slovenia 154 (−24, 307) 100 (−4, 209) 58 (−4, 119) 73 (−12, 146) 96 (−4, 200) 55 (−3, 112)
Slovakia 365 (62, 676) 164 (−5, 314) 128 (−12, 267) 66 (11, 123) 58 (−2, 111) 48 (−4, 99)
United Kingdom 3,469 (370, 6,676) Not available Not available 52 (6, 100) Not available Not available
Europe 61,672 (37,643, 86,807) 35,406 (21,576, 46,634) 21,667 (14,684, 27,998) 114 (69, 160) 145 (89, 192) 93 (63, 120)

Summer refers to the 14-week period between 30 May and 4 September 2022 (weeks 22–35). Values in parentheses represent the 95% CIs. The numbers and rates for women and men do not include the United Kingdom.