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Health applications for climate data. Pollen Grains. Shubhayu Saha Climate and Health Program Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC, National Center for Environmental Health.
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Health applications for climate data Pollen Grains Shubhayu Saha Climate and Health Program Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, National Center for Environmental Health
"The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official view of Centers for Disease Control ShubhayuSaha Presenter Disclosures CDC, National Center for Environmental Health
Climate-sensitive health outcomes CDC’s role in translation and capacity building Example of establishing health-weather associations Projecting future health burden Outline CDC, National Center for Environmental Health
Temperature extremes Aeroallergens Vectorborne disease Injuries from extreme weather events Wildfire National Climate Assessment – Health implications CDC, National Center for Environmental Health
Mortality risk from heat waves CDC, National Center for Environmental Health Andersen and Bell, 2011, Environmental Health Perspectives
Temperature increase and change in length of Ragweed season CDC, National Center for Environmental Health Ziska et al., 2011 PNAS
Vectorborne diseases 17029 cases 24364 cases Changes in georgaphical distribution Longer transmission season Higher tick densities
CDC, National Center for Environmental Health Weather-related motor vehicle fatalities (Marmor et al, JAPH 2006)
BuildingResilienceAgainstClimateEffects Climate and Health Program, National Center for Environmental Health
Geometric centroid of census blocks Step 1: Creating population weighted county centroid Generating County-level Measures Population weighted County centroid County boundary Adjacent grid cells Step 2: Selecting the grid cell that contains the population weighted county centroid Step 3: County-level values obtained by averaging values of all the 9 grid cells NLDAS grid CDC, National Center for Environmental Health Grid cell containing the population weighted centroid
Daily Comparison: Scatter plot by Climate Region r = 0.91 t = 0.76 r = 0.88 t = 0.69 r = 0.92 t = 0.76 NLDAS-based maximum temperature (F) r = 0.87 t = 0.70 r = 0.87 t = 0.70 r = 0.90 t = 0.72 r = 0.90 t = 0.75 r = 0.82 t = 0.64 r = 0.89 t = 0.71 Station-based maximum temperature (F) Comparison for May – September 2006
The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network CDC, National Center for Environmental Health • The network provides data on: • Extreme heat days and events • Heat vulnerability • Health effects associated with extreme heat http://ephtracking.cdc.gov/showHome.action
The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network CDC, National Center for Environmental Health http://ephtracking.cdc.gov/showHome.action
What is the temporal association of Hyperthermia-related ED visit with different measures of ambient heat? • How does this association vary by place? CDC, National Center for Environmental Health
Data elements • For 141 Metropolitan Statistical Areas in continental US: • National Climatic Data Center: • Daily temperature, humidity • 30 year daily normal for maximum temperature • Spatial Synoptic classification • MarketScan health data: • ED visit of Hyperthermia by date, county of healthcare, age, gender • Air pollution data: • Daily monitor-level PM2.5 and Ozone data CDC, National Center for Environmental Health
Analytical strategy • Case crossover design – same patient treated as Case and Control • Half-month time-stratified control selection Calendar month 1 8 15 22 31 Patient 1 CDC, National Center for Environmental Health Patient 2 Patient 3 Case day Control day
Is the temperature different leading to an ED visit? CDC, National Center for Environmental Health
Conditional logistic regression CDC, National Center for Environmental Health
Temperature profile on ED visit days change by place CDC, National Center for Environmental Health
Odds ratio of ED visit associated with extreme heat by Latitude 13 7 23 5 8 15 12 11 CDC, National Center for Environmental Health
Random Effects meta-analysis of Odds Ratios of ED visit West North Central 1.16 (1.07, 1.26) Northwest 1.16 (1.07, 1.26) East North Central 1.18 (1.14, 1.21) 11 8 2 Northeast 1.15 (1.13, 1.17) 1 West 1.12 (1.09, 1.14) Central 1.17 (1.16, 1.19) Southwest 1.05 (1.02, 1.10) 13 South 1.12 (1.10, 1.13) 22 8 Southeast 1.14 (1.12, 1.16) 4 CDC, National Center for Environmental Health 25
CDC, National Center for Environmental Health Benefit Mapping and Analysis tool EPA (Neal Fann, ISEE 2009)
CDC, National Center for Environmental Health (Environmental Health Perspective, 2011)
CDC, National Center for Environmental Health Li, Horton, Kinney (Nature, 2013)
Conclusion • Extreme weather events and their health impacts • Short vs long term decision-making horizon in public health • Small spatial scale, as many health vulnerabilities are highly localized • Need for translating climate projections to an interested but uninformed health community • Building regional collaborations CDC, National Center for Environmental Health