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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Planet Health. 2021 May 20;5(6):e338–e346. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00058-9

Table:

Change in mortality attributable to temperature based on the 2010 population for 208 cities in the USA

Attributable mortality projected minus hindcast 66% CI
2°C increase
1973–82 12 396 5923 to 18 549
1983–92 4727 859 to 8407
1993–2002 1550 −1417 to 4377
2003–13 299 −2438 to 3056
3°C increase
1973–82 24 378 14 476 to 33 796
1983–92 9760 3545 to 15 574
1993–2002 4222 −350 to 8582
2003–13 1590 −3025 to 6172
4°C increase
1973–82 38 489 23 901 to 53 219
1983–92 16 143 7640 to 24 563
1993–2002 8289 1756 to 14 625
2003–13 3767 −2948 to 10 455
5°C increase
1973–82 56 210 34 908 to 77 166
1983–92 24 666 12 156 to 37 199
1993–2002 14 134 4190 to 23 771
2003–13 7000 −2639 to 16 718
6°C increase
1973–82 90 025 69 093 to 111 695
1983–92 41 982 26 922 to 56 822
1993–2002 26 700 15 419 to 38 086
2003–13 14 610 1307 to 28 028

Mortality estimates are based on exposure response function for each of the four historical time periods. The greatest reductions in expected mortality due to temperature increase appear to have occurred between the 1970s and 1980s. See appendix p 14 for a graphical representation of the projections in this table.