U.S. heat-related deaths spiked 117% since 1999 --study

Heat-related deaths spiked 117% in the US since 1999 | CNN As temperatures reach record levels in many parts of the US this week, emergency rooms bracing for a new normal: More patients are becoming gravely ill because their bodies can’t take the heat. Jen Christensen CNN

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The authors say heat-related deaths are probably undercounted.

“The way that death certificates are filled out, the people that are filling them out don’t always know the full circumstances that led to the death. So we’re only probably scratching the surface of it,” said study co-author Dr. Jeffrey Howard, an associate professor of public health at the University of Texas at San Antonio. “The fact that you see this trend tells me that there’s probably many more deaths that are we just are unable to measure.”

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