停电增加了与非最佳温度相关的救护车出勤的风险
Zhihu Xu1, Rongbin Xu2, Gongbo Chen1
1Climate, Air Quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.
Environmental research
|July 22, 2025
概括
停电增加了与热量相关的健康风险,几乎使救护车出勤人数翻了一番. 像老人和女性这样的弱势群体需要有针对性的干预措施来减轻紧急情况下的这些风险.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 电力需求的增加和极端天气事件正在增加停电频率.
- 关于在停电期间非最佳温度对健康的影响的证据有限.
- 救护车出勤率是紧急情况中卫生服务利用率的关键指标.
研究的目的:
- 评估在停电期间与非最佳温度相关的健康风险.
- 量化温度和停电对救护车出勤人数的影响.
- 确定受这些综合事件不成比例地影响的弱势群体.
主要方法:
- 利用来自澳大利亚维多利亚救护车的每日救护车出勤数据 (2012-2016).
- 在79个社区使用每日夜间照明产品的估计电力损失.
- 雇佣的案例时间序列设计和准波松回归与温度和停电的相互作用项.
主要成果:
- 在停电期间,观察到所有原因的救护车出勤者存在明显增加的与热量相关的风险.
- 在停电期间,与热量相关的风险几乎翻了一番,导致额外的1110例救护车病例.
- 在65岁以上的个体,女性,以及在极端高温期间出现异常症状的人群中,观察到与热量相关的风险增加.
结论:
- 停电加剧了与热量相关的健康风险,导致救护车使用率增加.
- 特定的人口群体,包括老人和女性,表现出更高的脆弱性.
- 有针对性的公共卫生干预措施对于减轻停电期间热量对健康的不利影响至关重要.
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