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2023 NYC Heat-Related Mortality Report

Summary This report was corrected on Apr. 2, 2025, after we identified an error. The number of heat-exacerbated deaths was corrected from 345 to 555 …

Health care

Health care is a valuable tool to stay healthy. Health insurance coverage is associated with many health benefits. People with health insurance are …

Mortality

Death is, of course, a severe health outcome. Many deaths are preventable. Premature mortality lets us look at deaths before age 65. It can be a …

Weather-related illness

The climate of a region is characterized by its usual weather conditions, seasons, and patterns in extreme weather events such as heat waves, …

Protecting New Yorkers from extreme heat

Hot weather is dangerous. In New York City and across the country, more people on average die from extreme heat each year than from all other natural …