— 148 CDC WONDER search for ICD-9 E900 code excessive heat/hyperthermia, 1979.

— 148 Taylor and McGwin, Jr. “Temperature-Related Deaths in Alabama.” SMJ, 93/8, 2000.

Summary of Breakout of 1979 Heat Fatalities by State

Alabama ( 1)

Arizona (15)

California (32)

Connecticut ( 1)

District of Columbia ( 1)

Florida ( 3)

Georgia ( 6)

Illinois ( 3)

Indiana ( 2)

Iowa ( 2)

Kentucky ( 2)

Louisiana ( 4)

Maine ( 1)

Massachusetts ( 7)

Michigan ( 2)

Minnesota ( 1)

Mississippi ( 3)

Missouri ( 6)

Nebraska ( 4)

Nevada ( 2)

New Jersey ( 2)

New Mexico ( 2)

New York ( 8)

North Carolina ( 3)

Ohio ( 4)

Oklahoma ( 5)

Pennsylvania ( 2)

Rhode Island ( 1)

South Carolina ( 1)

Tennessee ( 1)

Texas (15)

Vermont ( 1)

Virginia ( 2)

Washington ( 3)

West Virginia ( 1)

Wyoming ( 1)

Breakout of 1979 Heat Fatalities by State

Alabama ( 1)

— 1 Male, 55-64. CDC WONDER.

Arizona (15)

–15 State. CDC WONDER

— 9 Maricopa County. Females, 65-74, 75-84 (2), males 35-44, 45-54, 55-64 (3), 85+.

— 1 Navajo County. Female, 65-74.

— 3 Pima County. Males, 55-64.

— 1 Pinal County. Male, 65-74.

— 1 Yavapai County. Male, 20-24.

California (32)

–32 State. CDC WONDER.

— 3 Alameda County . Females, 25-34, 85+, males, 25-34.

— 1 Fresno County. Male, 25-34.

— 2 Imperial County. Female, 85+, Male, age not noted.

— 1 Kern County. Male, 25-34.

— 6 Los Angeles County. Males 25-34, 35-44, 55-64 (2), 65-74, 85+.

— 1 Madera County. Female, 55-64.

— 2 Orange County. Female, 85+, male 65-74.

— 5 Riverside County. Females, 45-54, 65-74; males, 35-44, 55-64, 75-84.

— 5 San Bernardino Co. Females, 45-54, 85+; males 15-19, 20-24, 85+.

— 1 San Diego County. Female, 20-24.

— 1 San Joaquin County. Female, 85+.

— 1 Santa Clara County. Male, 20-24.

— 1 Stanislaus County. Male, 25-34.

— 2 Tulare County. Female, 85+; Male, 1-4.

Connecticut ( 1)

— 1 New Haven County. Female, 85+. CDC WONDER.

District of Columbia ( 1)

— 1 DC. Male, 85+. CDC WONDER

Florida ( 3)

— 3 CDC WONDER.

–1 Marion County. Male, 45-54.

–1 Miami-Dade Co. Male, 55-64.

–1 Orange County. Female, 85+.

— 1 Lushine. . “Underreporting of Heat and Cold Related Deaths in Florida.” Figure 3.[1]

Georgia ( 6)

— 6 State. CDC WONDER

— 1 Columbia County. Male, 55-64.

— 1 Glynn County. Female, <1 year-old.

— 1 Gwinnett County. Female, 45-54.

— 1 Mitchell County. Female, 65-74.

— 1 Muscogee County. Male, 75-84.

— 1 Rockdale County. Male, 85+.

Illinois ( 3)

— 3 State. CDC WONDER.

— 1 Cook County. Male, 45-54.

— 1 Madison County. Female, 75-84.

— 1 Union County. Female, 75-84.

Indiana ( 2)

— 2 State. CDC WONDER.

— 1 Putnam County. Female, 85+.

— 1 Vanderburgh County. Female, 75-84.

Iowa ( 2)

— 2 State. CDC WONDER.

— 1 Iowa County. Male, 45-54.

— 1 Page County. Female, 65-74.

Kentucky ( 2)

— 2 Pike County. Female, 85+; male, 75-84. CDC WONDER.

Louisiana ( 4)

— 4 State. CDC WONDER

— 1 Caddo Parish. Male, 45-54.

— 1 East Feliciana Parish. Male, 45-54.

— 1 Orleans Parish. Male, 35-44.

— 1 St. Helena Parish. Male, 55-64.

Maine ( 1) Waldo County Male, 55-64. CDC WONDER

Massachusetts ( 7)

— 7 State. CDC WONDER.

— 1 Essex County. Male, 55-64.

— 2 Hampden County. Males, 1-4, 75-84.

— 2 Middlesex County. Males, 25-34, 65-74.

— 1 Plymouth County. Female, 65-74.

— 1 Worcester County. Male, 55-64.

Michigan ( 2) CDC WONDER

— 1 Oakland County. Female, 85+.

— 1 Wayne County. Female, 75-84.

Minnesota ( 1) Anoka County. Male, 5-9. CDC WONDER.

Mississippi ( 3)

— 3 State. CDC WONDER

— 1 Alcorn County. Male, 65-74.

— 1 Chickasaw County. Male, 20-24.

— 1 Lee County. Male, 45-54.

Missouri ( 6)

— 6 State. CDC WONDER

— 1 Caldwell County. Male, 55-64.

— 1 Crawford County. Male, 55-64.

— 4 St. Louis city. Females, 65-74, and age unnoted; males, 45-54, and age not noted.

Nebraska ( 4) CDC WONDER

— 1 Douglas County. Male, 25-34.

— 1 Gage County. Male, 65-74.

— 1 Lancaster County. Male, 45-54.

— 1 Nance County. Male, 65-74.

Nevada ( 2) CDC WONDER

— 2 Clark County Female, 55-64; male 25-34.

New Jersey ( 2) CDC WONDER

— 1 Hudson County. Male, 10-14.

— 1 Hunterdon County. Male, 55-64.

New Mexico ( 2) CDC WONDER

— 1 Lea County. Male, 55-64.

— 1 Sierra County. Male, 55-64.

New York ( 8) CDC WONDER

— 1 Albany County. Female, 35-44.

— 1 Chenango County. Female, 20-24.

— 1 Erie County. Male, 35-44.

— 1 Fulton County. Female, <1-year-old.

— 2 Kings County. Female, 25-34; male, <1-year-old.

— 1 Monroe County. Male, 55-64.

— 1 New York County. Female, 75-84.

North Carolina ( 3)

— 3 Mirabelli and Richardson. “Heat-Related Fatalities in North Carolina.” AJPH, 95/4, Fig. 1.

— 2 State. CDC WONDER.

— 1 Hoke County. Male, 35-44.

— 1 McDowell County. Male, 10-14.

Ohio ( 4) CDC WONDER

— 1 Franklin County. Female, 75-84.

— 1 Guernsey County. Male, <1-year-old.

— 1 Hamilton County. Male, 45-54.

— 1 Lucas County. Female, 65-74.

Oklahoma ( 5)

— 5 The Oklahoman (Pat Record) Oklahoma City. “City heat chalks up 2 deaths.” 7-28-1983.

— 4 CDC WONDER.

–1 Craig County. Male, 55-64.

–1 Okmulgee Co. Female, 20-24.

–1 Pottawatomie Co. Male, 55-64.

–1 Tulsa County. Male, 35-44.

Pennsylvania ( 2) CDC WONDER

— 1 Fayette County. Male, 45-54.

— 1 Philadelphia County. Female, 45-54.

Rhode Island ( 1) CDC WONDER

— 1 Newport County. Male, 25-34.

South Carolina ( 1) CDC WONDER

— 2 Richland County. Male, 20-24.

Tennessee ( 1) CDC WONDER

— 1 Madison County. Male, 20-24.

Texas (15) CDC WONDER

— 2 Bexar County. Female, 85+; male, 35-44.

— 1 Bowie County. Male, 65-74.

— 1 Cameron County. Male, 20-24.

— 1 El Paso County. Female, 45-54.

— 1 Hardeman County. Male, 75-84.

— 1 Harris County. Male, 20-24.

— 1 Medina County. Male, 85+.

— 1 Montgomery County. Male, 45-54.

— 3 Tarrant County. Females, 1-4; male, 1-4.

— 2 Travis County. Female, 75-84; male 35-44.

— 1 Upshur County. Male, 65-74.

Vermont ( 1) CDC WONDER

— 1 Chittenden County. Male, 55-64.

Virginia ( 2) CDC WONDER

— 1 Arlington County. Male, 65-74.

— 1 Norfolk (city). Male, 55-64.

Washington ( 3) CDC WONDER

— 1 Clark County. Male, 45-54.

— 1 King County. Female, 1-4.

— 1 Spokane County. Female, 35-44.

West Virginia ( 1) CDC WONDER

— 1 Logan County. Male, 15-19.

Wyoming ( 1) CDC WONDER

— 1 Laramie County. Female, 75-84.

Narrative Information

Taylor and McGwin: “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the annual number of deaths from heat-related illness in the United States is extremely variable. Between 1960 and 1999, the number of deaths ranged from a low of 148 in 1979 to a high of 1,700 in 1980.”[2]

Oklahoma

Oklahoman: ““Last year [1982], 11 Oklahomans died in heat-related situations, compared to 10 in 1981, five in 1979 and 12 in 1978, Health Department reports show.”

Sources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File 1979-1998. 1979 ICD-9 E900 code for excessive heat/hyperthermia. CDC WONDER On-line Database, compiled from Compressed Mortality File CMF 1968-1988, Series 20, No. 2A, 2000 and CMF 1989-1998, Series 20, No. 2E, 2003. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd9.html on Jul 18, 2017 12:24:40 PM

Lushine, James B. “Underreporting of Heat and Cold Related Deaths in Florida.” Miami, FL: National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office, NOAA. 1-6-2009 modification. Accessed 11-1-2015 at: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/?n=fla_weather_casualties

Mirabelli, Maria C. and David B. Richardson. “Heat-Related Fatalities in North Carolina.” American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 4, April 2005, pp. 635-637. Accessed 9-2-2015 at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1449233/

Taylor, Allison J. and Gerald McGwin, Jr. “Temperature-Related Deaths in Alabama.” Southern Medical Journal, Vol. 93, no. 8, 2000. Accessed 12-4-2015 at: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:3plwX0y-oI4J:www.medscape.com/viewarticle/410602+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

The Oklahoman (Pat Record) Oklahoma City. “City heat chalks up 2 deaths.” 7-28-1983. Accessed 2-19-2017 at: http://newsok.com/article/2033651

[1] Figure 3, “Annual Temperature Deaths, Florida, 1979-1999,” is a chart which shows heat deaths in one color and cold deaths in another on the same horizontal bar for each year. The fatality range shown on the left of the chart is in increments of five, going up to thirty. The bars for each year are shown diagonally and do not show any numbers. This does not make them readily readable. Thus one has to measure with a ruler the bar showing the lowest combined deaths (1979), which appears to show one cold death and one heat death. With the unit of measurement of one death then measured against the heat portion of all the other bars, one can get an approximation of the heat deaths for each year. I say “approximate” in that by this method we counted 133 heat deaths over the 21-year period included in the graph, whereas the text of the article notes that there were 125. Repetitious measurement attempts gave us the same result. The article notes that the data came from death certificates collected by the Public Health Statistics Section, Office of Vital Statistics, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.

[2] Cites: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “Heat-related illnesses and deaths — Missouri, 1998, and United States, 1979-1996.” MMWR 1999; 48:469-473

1979 — June Aug esp., Heat, ICD-9 E900 excessive heat/hyperthermia, esp. CA/AZ/TX–148