Table 2.
Health Impacts Included in 2012 Climate‐Sensitive Health Cost Valuation
| State | Case study | Health effects included in valuation |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan | Lyme disease | Arthritis, carditis, erythema migraines rash, facial palsy, meningitis, radiculoneuropathy |
| North Carolina | Extreme weather | Mortality, acute respiratory infection, asthma, gastrointestinal illness, skin and soft tissue infection |
| Ohio | Extreme heat | Mortality, exposure to excessive heat, heat cramps, heat edema, heat exhaustion, heat fatigue, stroke, heat syncope, Sun stroke |
| Wisconsin | Allergenic oak pollen | Mortality, asthma |
| Nevada | Ozone air pollution | Mortality, asthma, chronic lung disease, respiratory problems |
| Texas | West Nile virus | Mortality, acute flaccid paralysis, cranial nerve palsy, encephalitis, fever, meningitis |
| Colorado | Wildfires | Mortality, acute myocardial infarction, asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, respiratory disease, upper respiratory infection |
| Florida | Harmful algal blooms | Digestive system disease, respiratory disease |
| New Jersey | Hurricane Sandy | Mortality, acute upper respiratory illness, bronchitis, calculus of kidney and ureter, carbon monoxide exposure, contusion, cut/pierce injury, dehydration, dialysis, end‐stage renal disease, falls, fluid imbalance, fracture, functional digestive issue, mental illness, myocardial infarction, open wound, osteoarthritis, other injury, overexertion, sprain, stroke, struck by/against object (unintentional contact) injury, tree‐related injury, Type II diabetes |
| New York | Hurricane Sandy | Mortality, anxiety, carbon monoxide exposure, dialysis, electrolyte abnormality, end‐stage renal disease, external exposure, homelessness, hypertensive kidney disease, hypothermia, legionellosis, mental or mood disorder, myeloproliferative/neoplasm, nonfatal injury, psychosis, pulmonary fibrosis, respiratory problem, substance abuse, suicide counseling, threatened or spontaneous abortion, Type II diabetes, ventilator needed |
| Washington | Wildfires | Mortality, acute myocardial infarction, asthma, bronchitis, cerebrovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, respiratory disease, upper respiratory infection |
Note. For detailed incidence estimates, see Table S1 in the supporting information.