Extended Data Table 1 Estimates of deaths attributed to anthropogenic climate change
From: Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change
Cause, location, and period | Estimate |
|---|---|
Heat-related deaths from the hottest day of the summer 2006 heat wave in London, UK (July 26, 2006)8 | 10 deaths |
Deaths due to Hurricane Harvey in Texas, USA (2017) (extrapolated)21 | 51–66 deaths |
Heat-related deaths due to the summer 2003 heat wave in Greater London, UK (June 1 to August 31, 2003)6 | 64 deaths (95% CI: 61–67) |
*Warm season heat-related deaths during the summer 2018 heat wave in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland (July 29 to August 10, 2018)9 | 86 deaths (95% CI: 55–113) |
Heat-related deaths during the summer 2022 heat wave in Switzerland (June 1 to August 31, 2022)10 | 370 deaths (95% CI: 133–644) |
Heat-related deaths due to the summer 2003 heat wave in Central Paris, France (June 1 to August 31, 2003)6 | 506 deaths (95% CI: 455–557) |
Neonatal deaths related to preterm births in China (2010 to 2020)18 | 682 deaths (95% CI: 99–902) |
Warm season heat-related neonatal death due to pre-term births in China (2010 to 2020)18 | 1,276 deaths (95% CI: 924–1,881) |
*Warm season heat-related deaths in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland (1969 to 2018)9 | 1,683 deaths (95% CI: 270–3,279) |
Year-round heat-related childhood deaths in Africa (1995 to 2004)16 | ~3,000 – ~5,000 deaths |
Global deaths due to PM2.5 air pollution from fires (1960 to 1969)14 | 6,690 deaths (range: −3,980–17,730) |
Year-round heat-related childhood deaths in Africa (2011 to 2020)16 | ~7,000–~11,000 deaths |
Global deaths due to 154 extreme weather events (heat and cold waves, floods and droughts, storms, and wildfires) that became more likely due to climate change (2000 to 2019)22 | 75,139 deaths |
Global deaths due to PM2.5 air pollution from fires (2010 to 2019)14 | 125,660 deaths (range: 34,810–301,260) |
Heat-related neonatal deaths in 29 countries (2001 to 2019)17 | 175,133 deaths (95% CI: 7,806–353,516) |
Global warm season heat-related deaths across 732 populations from 43 countries (seasonal average summed over 1991 to 2018)11 | 271,656 deaths (95% CI: 112,140–535,780) |
