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Pamela B DeGuzman¹, Wendy M Novicoff², Gabriel Ramos³

¹School of Nursing University of Virginia Charlottesville VA USA.

|April 16, 2026

Summary

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Black residents in Virginia face significantly higher risks of death from extreme temperatures, particularly cold weather, compared to white residents. This highlights critical racial disparities in weather-related mortality.

Keywords:

climate change health policy mortality racial disparities

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Public Health

Background:

Extreme weather events pose significant public health risks.
Understanding racial disparities in health outcomes is crucial for targeted interventions.
Previous research indicates vulnerable populations are disproportionately affected by climate.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate racial disparities in weather-related mortality in Virginia.
To quantify the differential risk of death associated with temperature extremes between racial groups.
To inform public health policy regarding climate change adaptation.

Main Methods:

Ecological descriptive study design.
Utilized daily mortality data (2005-2020) from the Virginia Department of Health.
Employed generalized additive and distributed lag nonlinear models to assess temperature-mortality associations stratified by race.

Main Results:

Black residents exhibited a higher relative risk of mortality during both high and low temperature extremes compared to white residents.
The mortality risk from extreme cold was substantially greater for Black individuals, exceeding three times that of white individuals on the coldest days.
The duration of elevated mortality risk from cold weather was longer for Black individuals (lag day 15) than for white individuals (lag day 5).

Conclusions:

Significant racial disparities in weather-related mortality exist in Virginia.
The Black population experiences disproportionately higher mortality risks and poorer health outcomes, especially during extreme cold.
Policy development is needed to protect vulnerable communities from weather extremes.