Climate More than 47,000 heat-related deaths in Europe in 2023
Experts estimate that more than 47,000 people died in Europe in 2023 as a result of high temperatures. The corresponding modeling study led by the "Barcelona Institute for Global Health" was published in the journal "Nature Medicine".
12.08.2024, 17:00
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However, the international research group also reports that an adaptation to the heat appears to have taken place. The team used mortality data from the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) on 96 million deaths to estimate heat-related deaths in 2023 for 823 regions in 35 European countries.
According to these estimates, 47,690 people died in Europe last year due to heat. This is the second-highest mortality rate since such calculations began in 2015, with the highest rate recorded in 2022.
The countries with the highest heat-related mortality rates are Greece (393 deaths per million inhabitants), Bulgaria (229), Italy (209) and Spain (175).
