家庭空调在加拿大的流行程度
Matthew Quick1, Michael Tjepkema1
1Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada.
Health reports
|July 20, 2023
概括
大约61%的加拿大人拥有家庭空调,但根据地区和脆弱性,获得空调的情况各不相同. 独自生活的老年人患病率较低,这凸显了热带健康保护方面的差异.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 适应气候变化 适应气候变化
背景情况:
- 家庭空调对于减轻暴露于热量的健康影响至关重要.
- 关于加拿大空调普及率的数据有限.
- 了解接入是热健康政策的关键.
研究的目的:
- 量化加拿大的家庭空调普及率.
- 识别热带易受影响的人群在获取热带的差异.
- 为气候变化适应战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 利用了2017年加拿大社区健康调查和家庭和环境调查数据.
- 根据年龄,生活状况和健康状况定义了四个易受高温影响的人群.
- 员工加权比率和物流回归用于个人层面分析.
主要成果:
- 全国家庭空调普及率为61%.
- 地区的比例差异很大 (32%在BC到85%在安大略省).
- 独居的老年人与全国和安大略省平均水平相比,空调使用率较低 (56%).
结论:
- 这项研究为加拿大的家庭空调提供了第一个个人水平的流行数据.
- 这些发现可以指导针对易受高温影响的人群的有针对性的干预措施.
- 结果支持制定公平的气候变化适应战略.
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