Table 3.
Estimated Health Impacts in 2012 Climate‐Sensitive Case Studies
| State | Case study | Duration of health effects considered | Mortality | HAs | EDs | Outpatient encounters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | Lyme disease | Whole year | 0 | 157 | 11 | 2,727 |
| North Carolina | Allergenic oak pollen | Whole year | 4 | 183 | 1,149 | 296 |
| Ohio | Extreme weather | Whole year | 8 | 37 | 343 | 52 |
| Wisconsin | Extreme heat | 16 June to 18 July | 27 | 155 | 1,620 | 57 |
| Nevada | Ozone air pollution | Whole year | 97 | 114 | 194 | 1,989 |
| Texas | West Nile virus | 30 May to 3 December | 89 | 1,628 | 2,680 | 28,303 |
| Colorado | Wildfires | Whole year | 174 | 256 | 1,432 | 35 |
| Florida | Harmful algal blooms | 1 September to 31 December | 0 | 11,066 | 3,857 | 1,473 |
| Washington | Wildfires | Whole year | 245 | 371 | 1,897 | 49 |
| New Jersey | Hurricane Sandy | 28 October to 30 November* | 273* | 5,795 | 2,247 | 2,145 |
| New York | 807 | 2,426 | 299 | |||
| Total | 917 | 20,568 | 17,857 | 37,425 | ||
Note. Outpatient encounters include outpatient visits, home health care visits, and incidents in which medications were prescribed. *Combined Hurricane Sandy mortality estimate for New Jersey and New York also includes deaths reported to CDC from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Connecticut, Maryland, and deaths not classified by state, and event duration reflects time span for primary mortality data collection (Diakakis et al., 2015). Row and column totals may not equal component sums due to rounding.