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

Table 2.

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

Attributable number (deaths) Attributable rate (deaths per million)
Country 0–64 65–79 80+ 0–64 65–79 80+
Albania 24 (−18, 67) 48 (−19, 115) 165 (75, 246) 9 (−7, 26) 138 (−54, 330) 2,845 (1,283, 4,226)
Austria 52 (−27, 124) 160 (18, 303) 213 (−32, 472) 7 (−4, 17) 130 (15, 246) 423 (−63, 939)
Belgium 67 (−54, 171) 56 (−229, 324) 357 (113, 599) 7 (−6, 18) 34 (−141, 199) 554 (176, 931)
Bulgaria 108 (10, 197) 445 (135, 746) 737 (255, 1,237) 20 (2, 37) 384 (116, 644) 2,271 (787, 3,812)
Switzerland 34 (−68, 125) 67 (−126, 255) 230 (−71, 542) 5 (−10, 18) 56 (−106, 214) 487 (−151, 1,149)
Cyprus 9 (−6, 23) 15 (−8, 37) 72 (16, 119) 12 (−8, 31) 135 (−67, 325) 2,018 (459, 3,334)
Czechia 14 (−25, 49) 41 (−61, 144) 236 (12, 465) 2 (−3, 6) 24 (−35, 84) 522 (27, 1,030)
Germany Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available
Denmark 43 (2, 83) 70 (−74, 215) 77 (−64, 218) 9 (0, 18) 78 (−82, 237) 265 (−219, 747)
Estonia 28 (16, 37) 32 (−10, 73) 71 (3, 138) 26 (15, 35) 167 (−52, 379) 885 (33, 1,719)
Greece 158 (6, 305) 321 (−10, 649) 2,245 (1437, 3054) 20 (1, 38) 198 (−6, 401) 2,977 (1,905, 4,050)
Spain 796 (189, 1,357) 1,476 (357, 2,544) 9,436 (5,855, 12,563) 21 (5, 36) 222 (54, 383) 3,273 (2,031, 4,357)
Finland 18 (−14, 49) 67 (−22, 156) 107 (−124, 337) 4 (−3, 11) 71 (−24, 164) 325 (−375, 1,019)
France 1,007 (171, 1,747) 1,673 (−87, 3,443) 2,832 (4, 5,395) 19 (3, 34) 169 (−9, 348) 706 (1, 1,346)
Croatia 30 (−43, 94) 160 (26, 289) 467 (189, 712) 10 (−14, 31) 244 (40, 440) 2,209 (892, 3,364)
Hungary 17 (−36, 69) 255 (−48, 547) 449 (15, 891) 2 (−5, 9) 165 (−31, 354) 1,009 (35, 2,000)
Ireland Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available
Iceland 2 (−14, 17) 1 (−11, 11) 0 (0, 0) 6 (−44, 53) 14 (−264, 255) 0 (0, 0)
Italy 965 (236, 1,670) 2,326 (1,026, 3,601) 14,821 (12,004, 17,483) 21 (5, 37) 244 (108, 377) 3,290 (2,664, 3,880)
Liechtenstein 0 (0, 0) 0 (−1, 1) 0 (−1, 1) 2 (−8, 11) 38 (−111, 186) 147 (−577, 792)
Lithuania 77 (27, 123) 80 (4, 154) 211 (61, 367) 34 (12, 55) 199 (9, 383) 1,334 (383, 2,325)
Luxembourg 7 (−1, 15) 6 (−7, 19) 17 (−12, 42) 13 (−2, 28) 87 (−99, 265) 657 (−467, 1,636)
Latvia 11 (−13, 30) 9 (−36, 53) 129 (30, 221) 7 (−9, 20) 34 (−128, 190) 1,135 (261, 1,949)
Montenegro 5 (−9, 17) 12 (−9, 33) 25 (−10, 55) 9 (−17, 32) 146 (−120, 412) 1,248 (−496, 2,752)
Malta 14 (0, 30) 15 (−12, 39) 43 (−11, 84) 34 (−1, 70) 189 (−151, 498) 1,895 (−473, 3,740)
Netherlands 143 (1, 286) 129 (−303, 582) 306 (161, 440) 10 (0, 20) 48 (−113, 218) 359 (188, 516)
Norway 84 (−153, 270) 43 (−62, 146) 0 (−7, 8) 19 (−34, 61) 57 (−83, 196) 1 (−28, 33)
Poland 275 (−362, 844) 70 (−188, 328) 525 (205, 829) 9 (−12, 28) 13 (−35, 61) 310 (121, 489)
Portugal 192 (76, 303) 379 (129, 617) 1,464 (937, 1,947) 24 (10, 38) 219 (74, 357) 2,036 (1,302, 2,706)
Romania 457 (131, 757) 780 (67, 1,466) 1,186 (318, 2,108) 30 (9, 49) 273 (23, 513) 1,400 (375, 2,489)
Serbia 112 (15, 206) 300 (94, 506) 174 (−36, 394) 21 (3, 38) 264 (83, 445) 560 (−115, 1,269)
Sweden 22 (−27, 64) 64 (−118, 252) 16 (−76, 114) 3 (−3, 8) 41 (−76, 161) 29 (−136, 204)
Slovenia 9 (−26, 39) 34 (−18, 85) 94 (−11, 186) 5 (−15, 23) 105 (−54, 260) 798 (−91, 1,580)
Slovakia 42 (−3, 83) 90 (−99, 275) 145 (−36, 337) 9 (−1, 19) 119 (−130, 362) 790 (−195, 1,834)
United Kingdom Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available
Europe 4,822 (1,130, 8,158) 9,226 (665, 17,382) 36,848 (27,591, 45,509) 16 (4, 27) 160 (12, 302) 1,684 (1,261, 2,080)

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