Table 5.1.

Proposed priority Climate–Health Indicators for New York City (see Appendix IIE (NPCC, 2015) for detailed, complete set of suggested indicators).

Climate hazard	Type of indicator	Indicator
Heat	Health outcome	Emergency department visits and hospital admissions for heat illness Heat stroke deaths Excess natural-cause mortality
Heat	Vulnerability	Surface temperature % vegetative cover
Power outages	Health outcome	Carbon monoxide (CO) exposure incidents CO hospital admissions and emergency department visits CO deaths
Extreme weather	Health outcome	Injuries and death due to extreme weather events
Coastal storms/floods	Vulnerability	Storm surge zones that take into account regularly updated climate projections Health facilities and critical infrastructure located within storm surge zones
Heat, power outages	Vulnerability	% with no air conditioning
All	Vulnerability	% aged ≥ 5 years with a disability % below federal poverty line