StartClim2005.A1-a: Impacts of Temperature on Mortality and Morbidity in Vienna
Abstract
The hot summer in 2003 brought about an increased mortality in many parts of Western and Southern Europe. The impact of this extreme weather event on the population in the alpine area respectively in East-Middle-Europe has not been studied so far sufficiently. In the light of the expectation that such events will be more prevalent in the near future the changes in the daily mortality in Vienna will be estimated. Time-series analyses are applied to calculate the impact of relevant meteorological parameters from various Viennese sites on daily mortality and morbidity (hospital admissions). To also investigate early trends in climatic change two five-years periods (1975-1979 and 1999-2003) are considered. Possible confounder (especially ozone levels for hot days) will be controlled for. In a next step analyzed large-scale meteorological fields (ERA40) are connected to the meteorological parameters found in the previous steps. Finally the method will be applied to GCM data to predict changes in mortality and morbidity attributable to weather events.
Publikationen
Einflüsse der Temperatur auf Mortalität und Morbidität in Wien, Endbericht von StartClim2005.A1a; in StartClim 2005: Klimawandel und Gesundheit
Autoren: Moshammer, H., Hutter, H.-P., Frank, A., Gerersdorfer, T., Hlava, A., Sprinzl, G., Leitner , B. Jahr: 2007
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Project staff
Helga Kromp-Kolb
Em.O.Univ.Prof. Dr.h.c. Helga Kromp-Kolb
helga.kromp-kolb@boku.ac.at
Project Leader
01.01.2006 - 31.10.2006
BOKU partners
External partners
Österreichisches Bundesinstitut für Gesundheitswesen (ÖBIG)
none
partner
Med Uni Vienna
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coordinator