TABLE 2. Number and rate of heat-related deaths,* by race/ethnicity and level of urbanization — United States, 2004–2018†.
| Characteristic | No. of deaths (rate)§ |
|---|---|
|
Race/Ethnicity¶
| |
| Hispanic |
1,349 (0.2) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic |
241 (0.6) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic |
194 (0.1) |
| Black, non-Hispanic |
1,965 (0.3) |
| White, non-Hispanic |
6,602 (0.2) |
| Not stated** |
176 (N/A) |
|
Level of urbanization
††
| |
| Large central metro |
4,402 (0.3) |
| Large fringe metro |
1,607 (0.1) |
| Medium metro |
1,764 (0.2) |
| Small metro |
990 (0.2) |
| Micropolitan |
879 (0.2) |
| Noncore |
885 (0.3) |
| Total | 10,527 (0.2) |
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.
¶ American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, black, and white decedents were non-Hispanic; Hispanic decedents could have been of any race.
** Rate estimates were not calculated because a population denominator was unavailable.