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318500

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
Patterns of mortality in 11 air-conditioned and 9 un-air-conditioned nursing homes in New York City have been investigated to determine the impacts of heat waves on nursing home occupants and the efficacy of air conditioning in reducing these impacts. During each of four heat waves in 1972 and 1973, the number of deaths in un-air-conditioned nursing homes was significantly greater than the number of deaths expected on the basis of mortality during cooler control periods. In contrast, deaths in air-conditioned nursing homes were not significantly different from expected. The age- and sex-adjusted ratio of relative death rates was 2.29 (95% confidence interval = 1.75-2.98). Approximately 94 excess deaths occurred in the un-air-conditioned nursing homes. On the basis of this research, it is recommended that nursing homes and other institutions for the elderly located in climates like that of New York City be required to provide air conditioning.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0013-9351
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
102-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Heat wave mortality in nursing homes.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.