TABLE 1. Number and rate of heat-related deaths, by cause of death category,* age group, and sex — United States, 2004–2018†.
| Age group (yrs) |
Cause of death category, no. (rate)§ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat-related codes as the underlying cause |
Heat-related codes as a contributing cause |
All heat-related deaths |
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|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Male |
Female |
|
| <1 |
160 (0.3) |
76 (0.2) |
84 (0.3) |
87 (0.1) |
43 (0.1) |
44 (0.2) |
247 (0.4) |
119 (0.4) |
128 (0.4) |
| 1–4 |
303 (0.1) |
178 (0.1) |
125 (0.1) |
125 (0.1) |
76 (0.1) |
49 (0.0) |
428 (0.2) |
254 (0.2) |
174 (0.1) |
| 5–14 |
56 (0.0) |
42 (0.0) |
14 (—)¶ |
17 (—)¶ |
14 (—)¶ |
3 (—)¶ |
73 (0.0) |
56 (0.0) |
17 (—)¶ |
| 15–24 |
234 (0.0) |
203 (0.1) |
31 (0.0) |
94 (0.0) |
77 (0.0) |
17 (—)¶ |
328 (0.0) |
280 (0.1) |
48 (0.0) |
| 25–34 |
430 (0.1) |
378 (0.1) |
52 (0.0) |
230 (0.0) |
195 (0.1) |
35 (0.0) |
660 (0.1) |
573 (0.2) |
87 (0.0) |
| 35–44 |
670 (0.1) |
550 (0.2) |
120 (0.0) |
352 (0.1) |
287 (0.1) |
65 (0.0) |
1,022 (0.2) |
837 (0.3) |
185 (0.1) |
| 45–54 |
1,090 (0.2) |
874 (0.3) |
216 (0.1) |
684 (0.1) |
533 (0.2) |
151 (0.0) |
1,774 (0.3) |
1,407 (0.4) |
367 (0.1) |
| 55–64 |
1,024 (0.2) |
762 (0.3) |
262 (0.1) |
895 (0.2) |
658 (0.2) |
237 (0.1) |
1,919 (0.3) |
1,420 (0.5 |
499 (0.2) |
| 65–74 |
862 (0.2) |
562 (0.3) |
300 (0.2) |
774 (0.2) |
534 (0.3) |
240 (0.1) |
1,636 (0.4) |
1,096 (0.7) |
540 (0.3) |
| 75–84 |
778 (0.4) |
441 (0.5) |
337 (0.3) |
657 (0.3) |
382 (0.4) |
275 (0.2) |
1,435 (0.7) |
823 (1.0) |
612 (0.5) |
| ≥85 |
562 (0.7) |
251 (0.9) |
311 (0.5) |
386 (0.5) |
173 (0.6) |
213 (0.4) |
948 (1.1) |
424 (1.5) |
524 (0.9) |
| Not stated** |
51 (N/A) |
46 (N/A) |
5 (N/A) |
6 (N/A) |
6 (N/A) |
0 (N/A) |
57 (N/A) |
52 (N/A) |
5 (N/A) |
| All ages | 6,220 (0.1) | 4,363 (0.2) | 1,857 (0.1) | 4,307 (0.1) | 2,978 (0.1) | 1,329 (0.1) | 10,527 (0.2) | 7,341 (0.3) | 3,186 (0.1) |
Abbreviation: N/A = not applicable.
* Heat-related deaths are identified using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision cause-of-death codes X30 (exposure to excessive natural heat), P81.0 (environmental hyperthermia of newborn), and T67 (effects of heat and light) listed as the underlying cause or as one of the contributing causes in death records. Records with code W92 (exposure to excessive heat of man-made origin) listed anywhere on the death certificate were excluded from this selection.
† Based on multiple-cause-of-death data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Vital Statistics System (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/deaths.htm) and NCHS Bridged-Race Population data (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/bridged_race.htm). This information is available from https://wonder.cdc.gov.
§ Crude rate per 100,000 population.
¶ Rate estimates based on fewer than 20 deaths were deemed unreliable and not reported.
** Rate estimates were not calculated because a population denominator was unavailable.