Table 1 Changes in temperature-related excess mortality fractions (%) at different levels of global warming vs. historical period under the climate-population and climate-only scenarios

From: Impact of population aging on future temperature-related mortality at different global warming levels

Scenario

Warming level

Cold

Heat

Non-optimal temperatures

SSP5-8.5

Climate-only scenario

1.5 °C warming

−0.60 (−0.97 −0.29)

0.38 (0.02, 0.85)

−0.22 (−0.65, 0.12)

2 °C warming

−1.03 (−1.56, −0.59)

0.77 (−0.01, 1.69)

−0.25 (−1.10, 0.50)

3 °C warming

−1.75 (−2.65, −1.05)

1.83 (−0.47, 4.46)

0.08 (−2.35, 2.31)

Climate-population scenario

1.5 °C warming

0.08 (−0.22, 0.39)

0.46 (0.03, 1.00)

0.54 (0.06, 0.90)

2 °C warming

0.43 (0.01, 0.83)

1.04 (−0.04, 2.18)

1.48 (0.33, 2.38)

3 °C warming

0.17 (−0.70, 0.76)

2.50 (−1.25, 5.94)

2.67 (−1.28, 5.62)

SSP3-7.0

Climate-only scenario

1.5 °C warming

−0.62 (−1.10, −0.32)

0.39 (0.02, 0.94)

−0.23 (−0.69, 0.13)

2 °C warming

−1.02 (−1.65, −0.60)

0.77 (−0.03, 1.82)

−0.25 (−1.12, 0.53)

3 °C warming

−1.74 (−2.62, −1.04)

1.81 (−0.54, 4.44)

0.07 (−2.38, 2.31)

Climate-population scenario

1.5 °C warming

0.67 (0.24, 0.99)

0.53 (0.04, 1.17)

1.20 (0.64, 1.67)

2 °C warming

1.05 (0.47, 1.50)

1.11 (−0.02, 2.39)

2.16 (0.92, 3.20)

3 °C warming

0.33 (−0.45, 0.85)

2.56 (−1.32, 6.09)

2.89 (−1.18, 6.02)

  1. Estimates correspond to the change in temperature-related mortality fractions (heat and cold) at different levels of global warming under SSP5-8.5 and SSP3-7.0 scenarios compared with the historical period (1995–2014). Heat is defined as all temperatures above the minimum mortality temperature (MMT) and cold is defined as all temperatures below the MMT (Supplementary Fig. 3). The future periods in which the 20-year running mean of global mean temperature first reaches the 1.5 °C, 2 °C, and 3 °C of warming above pre-industrial level (1850–1900) are 2018–2037, 2032–2051, and 2055–2074, respectively under SSP5-8.5; and 2021–2040, 2037–2056, 2066–2085, respectively under SSP3-7.0.