1987 — Summer Heat, esp. Philadelphia/50, MO/28, FL/24, GA/24, TX/23, AR/21[1] — 388

–~388  Blanchard tally of State Breakouts below.

—  338  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).[2]

—  >96  AP. “East Gets Relative Relief…Hot Spell,” Daily News-Record, VA, 7-18-1995, p. 3.[3]

 

Summary of Heat Deaths by State

 

Alabama                         10                    North Carolina            6

Arizona                           11                    Ohio                                  4

Arkansas                       21                    Oklahoma                       6

California                     20                    Oregon                            4

Connecticut                  2                    Pennsylvania               53

District of Columbia   3                    South Carolina            8

Florida                           24                    South Dakota                5

Georgia                         24                    Tennessee                       7

Hawaii                             1                    Texas                              23       

Idaho                               1                    Utah                                  1

Illinois                          16                    Vermont                        3

Indiana                          11                    Virginia                         14

Iowa                               15                    Washington                   3

Kansas                            5                    West Virginia                1

Kentucky                      8                    Wisconsin                      2

Louisiana                     4                    Wyoming                      >1

Maine                              1

Maryland                       8

Massachusetts             1

Michigan                        3

Minnesota                     3

Mississippi                  10

Missouri             25-~28

Montana                         1

Nebraska                       2

Nevada                           2

New Hampshire          1

New Jersey                    5

New York                      6

Breakout of Heat Fatalities by State

 

Alabama                     ( 10)

–10  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Bullock County. Male, 75-84.

–1  Butler County. Male, 45-54.[4]

–1  Calhoun County. Male, 55-64.

–1  Colbert County. Male, 65-74

–4  Jefferson County. Males 45-54 and 55-64; females, 65-74 and 85+.

–1  Mobile County. Male, 35-44.

–1  Walker County. Male, 25-34.

–1  Winston County. Male, 55-64.

 

Arizona                      ( 11)

–11  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–5  Maricopa County. Males, 25-34 (2), 65-74, and 85+; female 25-34.

–1  Mohave County. Male 10-14.

–1  Navajo County. Female, 65-74.

–1  Pinal County. Male, 75-84.

–1  Yavapai County. Female, 25-34.

–2  Yuma County. Male 15-18, and female, 75-84.

 

Arkansas                    ( 21)

–21  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

Breakout of Arkansas Heat Fatalities by Locality:

—  1  Chicot County. Female, 75-84. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

—  1  Conway County. Male, 65-74. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

—  1  Craighead County. Male, 65-74. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

—  1  Crawford County, Van Buren, Aug 4. Excessive heat; male, working outdoors.[5]

—  1  Franklin County. Female, 45-54. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

—  1  Fulton County. Male, 75-84. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

—  2  Garland County. Female, 45-54 and male, 85+. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code.

—  1  Grant County, July 29. State Hwy. Dept. worker collapsed in high heat and died.[6]

—  1  Independence County, Batesville, July 27. Hyperthermia; female, 77 in 109° trailer.[7]

—  1  Jefferson County, Pine Bluff, July 4. Heatstroke; male, 57, while in route to hospital.[8]

—  1  Jefferson County, Pine Bluff, July 30. Heatstroke; male, 77.[9]

—  1  Jefferson County, Pine Bluff, Aug 6. Excessive heat; female, 79, in home.[10]

—  1  Lee County. Male, 55-64.

—  1  Mississippi County. Female, 55-64.

—  2  Phillips County. Female, 55-64 and female, 75-84.

—  1  Poinsett County. Male, 75-84.

—  1  Sebastian County, near Lavaca, about Aug 5. Excessive heat; female in her mobile home.[11]

—  1  Sebastian Co. Female, 65-74. CDC Wonder, shows two female deaths in this age range.[12]

—  1  Van Buren County, Clinton, Aug 4; Excessive heat; male, 33.[13]

 

California                   ( 20)

–20  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

—  1  Bakersfield, Sep 3. Heatstroke; male oil and gas field worker, unacclimated to high heat.[14]

—  2  Imperial County. Males, age not noted. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 (excessive heat).

—  8  Los Angeles County. Males, 10-14, 35-44 (2), 45-54, 65-74; females, 1-4, 15-19, 65-74.[15]

–1  El Monte, Oct 3. Girl, 2, after getting into family car ~1 hour in “stifling” heat.[16]

—  1  Merced County. Female, 75-84. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

—  1  Orange County. Male, 25-34. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

—  2  Riverside County. Male, 25-34 and female, 75-84. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code.

—  1  San Bernardino County. Female, 25-34. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 (excessive heat).

—  2  San Diego County. Males, 55-64 and 65-74. CDC Wonder. ICD-10 E900 (excessive heat).

—  1  Sonoma County. Male, 45-64. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

—  1  Tulare County. Male, 35-44. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

 

Connecticut                (  2)

— 2  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Hartford County. Female, 85+.

–1  Tolland County. Male, 45-54.

 

District of Columbia (  3)

— 3  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–Two females 65-74 and 75-84, and one male, 75-84.

 

Florida                        ( 24)

–24  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–13  Lushine (NWS). “Underreporting of Heat…Cold Related Deaths in Florida.” 1-6-2009.[17]

Breakout of Florida heat deaths by locality:

–1  Bay County. Male, 45-54. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

–2  Brevard County. Male, 85+, female, 85+. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 (excessive heat).

–2  Broward County. Male, 35-44 and female, 55-64. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code.

–1  Charlotte County, Rotonda West, June 11. Heatstroke; male lumber worker. OSHA.[18]

–1  Clay County. Male, 55-64. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

–4  Duval County. Males, 15-19, and 55-64; females 75-84 and 85+. CDC WONDER E900.

–1  Hillsborough County. Female, 75-84. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

–1  Marion County. Male, 45-54. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

–3  Miami-Dade Co. Males, 25-34 (2), and 35-44. CDC Wonder. ICD-10 E900 excessive heat.

–1  Monroe County. Male, 55-64. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

–1  Orange County. Male, 65-74. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

–1  Pinellas County. Male, 65-74. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

–2  Polk County. Males, 20-24 and 65-74. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

–1  Polk Co., Bartow, June 23. Heat exhaustion; male worker opening dome lids on tank cars.[19]

–2  Putnam County. Males, 45-54 and 55-64. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 (excessive heat).

–1  Putnam Co., Crescent City, Aug 9. Heatstroke; male worker pulling weeds, 100°, high humidity.[20]

–1  Sarasota Co., Sarasota, Aug 26. Heatstroke; male boat building and repair worker. OSHA.[21]

 

Georgia                      ( 24)

–24  State. Blanchard tally of locality breakouts below.[22]

–21  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Bacon County. Male, 65-74.

–1  Barrow County. Male, 35-44.

–1  Burke County. Male, 35-44

–1  Butts County. Male, 75-84.

–1  Chatham County. Male, 35-44.

–1  Cobb County. Female, 45-54.

–1  Coweta County. Male, 35-44.

–1  Fulton County. Male, 15-19.

–1  Long County. Female, 55-64.

–5  Muscogee County. Male, 45-54; females, 55-64 (3), and 75-84.

–1  Polk County. Male, 65-74.

–2  Richmond County. Males, 45-54 and 55-64.

–1  Tattnall County. Female, 45-54.

–1  Upson County. Female, 65-74.

–1  Wayne County. Female, 35-44.

–1  Wilkinson County. Female, 75-84.

–13  State. National Climatic Data Center. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No’s 6-8, June-Aug, 1987.

—  1  State, June. [23]

–1  Muscogee Co., Columbus, 2^nd. Female, 63, found dead in closed-window, no-AC apt.

—  4  State, July. “Four deaths were listed as being due to the heat.” NCDC Storm Data.[24]

–1  Bibb County, Macon. Female, 74, at home.

–1  Muscogee County, Columbus. Female 82, at home.

–1  Muscogee County, Columbus. Male, 54, outside.

–1  Richmond County, Augusta. Male, 62, at home.

—  8  State, Aug. “Eight people died directly as a result of heat exhaustion or heat stroke.”[25]

–1  Bibb County, Macon, Aug 14. Female, 65.

–1  Burke County, Waynesboro, Aug 15. Male, 40.

–1  Carroll County, Villa Rica, Aug 5. Male, 61.

–1  Muscogee County, Columbus, Aug 7. Female, 62.

–1  Muscogee County, Columbus, Aug 8. Male, 84.

–1  Muscogee County, Columbus, Aug 12. Female, 60.

–1  Richmond County, Augusta. Female, 41.

–1  Upson County, Thomaston, Aug 5. Female, 74.

 

Hawaii                        (  1)

— 1  Honolulu County. Male, 25-34. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

 

Idaho                          (  1)

— 1  Ada County. Male, 85+. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

 

Illinois                         ( 16)

–16  Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below, showing seven Chicago deaths.

–15  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–5  Cook County. Female, <1; males, 25-34, 45-54 (2), 85+.

–1  Hamilton County. Male, 65-74.

–1  Macon County. Male, 1-4.

–2  Peoria County. Females, 55-64, and 85+.

–4  St. Clair County. Females, 55-64, 75-84 (2), and 85+.

–1  Saline County. Male, 75-84.

–1  Williamson County. Female, 75-84.

—  6  Chicago (metropolitan), July heatwave. NCDC. Storm Data, V 29, N 7, July 1987, p. 36.

–3  Males.[26] Overly strenuous outdoor activities.

–1  June 14. Heatstroke; male, 55; golfing at Warren State Park; temp. 99°.[27]

–1  June 14. Heatstroke; male, 31, while running, 1200 block, West 59^th.[28]

–1  June 15. Heatstroke; male, 30 collapsed on sidewalk ~154^th and Ashland.[29]

–1  July 21. Male, 45, heatstroke and alcohol intoxication;[30] closed car in bright sun.

–2  July 1-23. Closed and overheated apartments.

–1  July 8. Heatstroke and arteriosclerosis; male, 45; outside temp. reached 90°.[31]

—  1  Chicago, July 29. Heatstroke/circulatory disease; female, 79, apt. with windows closed.[32]

 

Indiana                       ( 11)

— 11  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–2  Allen County. Males, 65-74, and 85+.

–4  Marion County. Males, 25-34, 55-64, and 65-74; female, 75-84.

–1  Morgan County. Male, 45-54.

–2  Ohio County. Male, 65-74, and female, 75-84.

–1  Orange County. Male, 75-84.

–1  Tippecanoe County. Female, 85+.

 

Iowa                            ( 15)

–15  State. Blanchard tally of locality breakouts below. (CDC figures plus NCDC for Warren.)

–14  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Boone County. Female, 85+.

–1  Cerro Gordo County. Male, 85+.

–1  Clay County. Female, 65-74.

–2  Clinton County. Male, 45-544, and female, 85+.

–1  Dallas County. Female, 45-54.

–1  Fayette County. Male 55-64.

–1  Grundy County. Female, 75-84.

–2  Marshall County. Females, 55-64, and 75-84.

–1  Marshalltown, late July. Female, 82, in her home; inside temperature ~110°.[33]

–1  Polk County. Male, 65-74.

–1  Pottawattamie County. Female, 85+.

–1  Scott County. Male, 1-4.

–1  Story County. Male, 85+.

—  4  State. NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 7, July 1987, p. 41, column 2.

–1  Marshall Co., Marshalltown, July 30. Heatstroke; female, elderly, in apt. with no AC.

–1  Marshall Co., Marshalltown, July 31. Heatstroke; middle-aged female, apt., no AC.

–1  Pottawattamie Co., Council Bluffs, July 31. Heatstroke; elderly female home; no AC.

–1  Warren Co., Indianola, July 30. Heatstroke and dehydration; male, elderly, outdoors.

 

Kansas                        (  5)

— 5  Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.

— 4  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Cherokee County. Male, 45-54.

–1  Doniphan County. Female, 85+.

–1  Meade County. Male, 75-84.

–1  Osborne County. Male, 75-84.

— 1  Wyandotte County, Kansas City, July 29, Heatstroke; female, 69, nursing home resident.[34]

 

 

Kentucky                   (  8)

— 8  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Christian County. Female, 75-84.

–2  Daviess County. Males, 55-64.

–1  Jefferson Co., Louisville, ~July 26. Female, 85; her apartment, outside high of 85°.[35]

–1  Metcalfe County. Female 65-74.

–1  Monroe County. Male, 25-34.

–1  Ohio County. Female, 55-64.

–1  Webster County. Female, 55-64.

 

Louisiana                   (  4)

— 4  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Avoyelles Parish. Male, 65-74.

–1  Caddo Parish. Male, 75-84.

–1  Vermilion Parish. Male, 35-44.

–1  West Feliciana Parish. Male, 20-24.

 

Maine                         (  1)

— 1  York Co. Male, 45-54. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

 

Maryland                   (  8)

— 8  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–6  Baltimore City. Males, <1, 35-44 (2), 55-64, and 85+; female, 55-64.

–1  Baltimore County. Male, 75-84.

–1  Montgomery County. Female, 65-74.

 

Massachusetts            (  1)

— 1  Hampden Co. Male, 20-24. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

 

Michigan                    (  3)

— 3  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Allegan County. Male, 1-4.

–1  Kent County. Female, 65-74.

–1  Wayne County. Female, 65-74.

 

Minnesota                  (  3)

— 3  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Hennepin County. Female, 65-74.

–1  Mower County. Female, 65-74.

–1  St. Louis County. Male, 75-84.

 

Mississippi                  ( 10)

— 10  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Attala County. Male, 45-54.

–2  Bolivar County. Female, 35-44; and male, 75-84.

–1  Clay County. Female, 85+.

–1  Coahoma County. Female, 85+.

–1  Hinds County. Male, 20-24.

–1  Jasper County. Female, 75-84.

–1  Jones County. Male, 55-64.

–1  Lee County. Male, 55-64.

–1  Scott County. Male, 35-44.

 

Missouri                     (25-~28)

— ~28  MO DHSS. Data & Statistical Reports. Chart: “Hyperthermia Mortality…1980-2013.”[36]

—   25  CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Cass County. Female, 55-64.

–1  Chariton County. Male, 55-64.

–1  Cole County. Male, 25-34.

–7  Jackson County. Females, 35-44, 65-74, 75–84 (2); males, 65-74 (2), 75-84.

–1  Oregon County. Female, 65-74.

–1  Pemiscot County. Female, 5-9.

–2  Pettis County. Female, 65-74, and male, 75-84.

–1  Pike County. Male, 75-84.

–1  Randolph County. Female, 75-84.

–6  St. Louis City. Males, 35-34, 65-74, 85+ (2), male, age not noted; female, 55-64.

–1  St. Louis County. Female, 75-84.

–2  Sullivan County. Female, 85+, and male, 65-74.

 

Montana                     (  1)

— 1  Fallon County. Male, 65-74. CDC Wonder. ICD-10 E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

 

Nebraska                    (  2)

— 2  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–2  Douglas County. Females, 45-54 and 75-84.

— 1  Douglass Co., Omaha, Aug 2. Heatstroke; female, at home; daytime high of 95 degrees.[37]

 

Nevada                       (  2)

— 2  Clark Co. Male, 55-64 and female, 75-84. CDC Wonder. ICD-10 E900 (Excessive heat).

 

New Hampshire         (  1)

— 1  Rockingham Co. Female, 85+. CDC Wonder. ICD-10 E900 (Excessive heat).

 

New Jersey                 (  5)

— 5  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–2  Camden County. Female, 85+.

–1  Middlesex County. Female, 45-54.

–1  Ocean County. Female, 55-64.

–1  Passaic County. Female, 85+.

 

New York                   (  6)

— 6  State. Blanchard tally of county breakouts below (5 noted by CDC, 1 additional by NCDC).

— 5  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Bronx County. Male 65-74.

–1  New York County. Male, 35-44.

–1  Queens County. Female, 85+.

–1  Schenectady County. Male, 25-34.

–1  Ulster County. Male, 45-54.

— 1  Dutchess County, Aug 17. Heatstroke; male.[38]

 

North Carolina          (   6)

— 6  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Cabarrus County. Male, 85+.

–1  Camden County. Male, 35-44.

–1  Mecklenburg County. Male, 55-64.

–1  Perquimans County. Female, 55-64.

–1  Sampson County. Female, 1-4.

–1  Wake County. Male, 15-19.

— 5  Mirabelli/Richardson. “Heat-Related Fatalities in [NC].” AJPH, 95/4, April 2005.[39]

 

Ohio                            (  4)

— 4  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Franklin County. Male 15-19.

–2  Hamilton County. Female, 45-54, and male, 55-64.

–1  Montgomery County. Male, 35-34.

 

Oklahoma                  (   6)

— 6  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Canadian County. Male, 45-54.

–1  Carter County. Male, 55-64.

–1  Comanche Co., Lawton, July 6. Heat exhaustion; boy, 10, running outdoors; high heat.[40]

–1  Creek County. Male, 75-84.

–1  Grant County. Female, 75-84.

–1  Oklahoma County. Male, 85+.

 

Oregon                       (  4)

— 4  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Benton County. Female, 45-54.

–1  Clackamas County. Male, 55-64.

–1  Coos Co., Dellwood, June 25. Heat exhaustion; unacclimated out-of-condition lumber co. male.[41]

–1  Marion County. Male, 55-64.

 

Pennsylvania              ( 53)

— 53  Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below — 51 eastern PA (NCDC); 2 western.

— 51  Eastern PA (mostly Philadelphia), July 19-26. Mostly elderly. NCDC Storm Data, 29/7.[42]

— 17  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–2  Allegheny County. Female, 55-64; and male, 55-64.

–1  Blair County. Male, 75-84.

–1  Bucks County. Male, 65-74.

–2  Delaware County. Male, 20-24; and female, 55-64.

–1  Lackawanna County. Female, 20-24.

–1  Lehigh County. Male, 35-44.

–1  Montgomery County. Female, 85+.

–1  Northumberland County. Male, 75-84.

–4  Philadelphia County. Male, 45-54; females, 75-84 (2), 85+.

–3  York County. Females, 65-74, and 75-84.

—     1  Doylestown, Buck County, July 24. Heatstroke; male, 67.[43]

—     2  Homer City, Indiana County, Aug 21. Boy 1, sister, 2, left by parents in car.[44]

— ~50  Philadelphia, late July. (According to Philadelphia Med. Examiner’s Office.)[45]

 

South Carolina          (   8)

— 8  Blanchard tally based on county breakouts below (6 noted by CDC and 2 others by NCDC).

— 6  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Aiken County. Male, 45-54.

–1  Edgefield County. Male, 45-54.

–2  Richland County. Female, 75-84; and male, 75-84.

–2  York County. Males, 35-44, and 45-54.

— 1  Greenville County, Taylor, July 22. Heat exhaustion; male, 69, placing fan in home attic.[46]

— 1  Greenwood County, Edgefield, June 24. Heat exhaustion; male (James A Robinson).[47]

 

South Dakota             (  5)

— 5  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Haakon County. Male, 85+.

–1  Minnehaha County. Female, 85+.

–1  Pennington County. Female, <1.

–1  Spink County. Female, 65-74.

–1  Ziebach County. Male, 76-84.

 

Tennessee                   (  7)

— 7  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Crockett County. Male, 35-44.

–1  Fentress County. Male, 35-44.

–1  Haywood County. Female, 85+.

–1  Humphreys County. Female, 75-84.

–1  Knox County. Female, 45-54.

–2  Shelby County. Male, 55-64; and female, 65-74.

 

Texas                          ( 23)

–23  Blanchard tally based on county breakouts below (21 noted by CDC; 2 others by NCDC).

–21  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Atascosa County. Male, 25-34.

–1  Burnet County. Female, 75-84.

–1  Cameron County. Female, 75-84.

–2  Cass County. Male, 45-54; and female, 65-74.

–1  Childress County. Female, 75-84.

–1  Eastland County. Male, 45-54.

–1  El Paso County. Male, 55-64.

–1  Fort Bend County. Male, 25-34.

–1  Jasper County. Male, 45-54.

–1  McLennan County. Male, 65-74.

–1  Midland County. Male, 35-44.

–1  Milam County. Male, 75-84.

–1  Tarrant County. Male, 55-64. (We assume this refers to more detailed NCDC report).

–2  Travis County. Male, 45-54; and female, 65-74.

–1  Victoria County. Male, 45-54.

–1  Webb County. Female, 75-84.

–1  Williamson County. Male, 65-74.

–1  Young County, Male, 85+.

–1  Zavala County. Male, 85+.

—  3  National Climatic Data Center. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 8, Aug 1987, P. 54, columns 1-2.

–1  Dallas Co., Aug 15. Hyperthermia; male, 82, home with windows and doors shut.[48]

–1  Dallas Co., Aug 15. Hyperthermia; male, 43; home, in room with 100° temperature.[49]

–1  Tarrant Co., Fort Worth, Aug 4. Heatstroke; male, 58; home, windows/doors shut.[50]

 

Utah                            (  1)

— 1  Salt Lake County. Male, <1. CDC Wonder. ICD-10 E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

 

Vermont                     (  3)

— 3  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Bennington County. Male, 75-84.

–1  Chittenden County. Female, 75-84.

–1  Washington County. Male, 20-24.

 

Virginia                      ( 14)

— 14  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Caroline County. Male, 25-34.

–1  Charles City County. Male, 25-34.

–1  Chesapeake City. Male, 65-74.

–1  Franklin County. Male, 45-54.

–1  Henrico County. Male, 25-34.

–1  King and Queen County. Female, 75-84.

–1  Montgomery County. Male, <1.

–1  Petersburg City. Male, 25-34.

–4  Richmond City. Females, 20-24, and 35-44; and males 25-34, and 75-84.

–1  Virginia Beach City. Male, 65-74.

–1  York County, Male, 65-74.

 

Washington                (  3)

— 3  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Kitsap County. Female, 75-84.

–1  Pacific County. Male, 65-74.

–1  Thurston County. Male, 1-4.

 

West Virginia            (  1)

— 1  Wood Co. Male, 55-64. CDC Wonder. ICD-10 E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

 

Wisconsin                   (  2)

— 2  State. CDC WONDER. ICD-10 Codes search for E900 (Excessive heat – hyperthermia).

–1  Milwaukee County. Male, 65-74.

–1  Outagamie County. Male, 75-84.

 

Wyoming                    ( >1)

— >1  UPI (Peter Rowe). “A blazing heat wave blamed for at least 67…” 8-1-1987.[51]

 

Narrative Information

 

July 25, UPI: “A stifling heat wave blamed for at least seven deaths sent temperatures soaring to record highs from the Rocky Mountains to Maine Friday [July 24] and trapped so much pollution over the nation’s capital that the government warned breathing was ‘unhealthful.’

 

“High temperature records were broken in 18 cities across 12 states and the District of Columbia. It was a record 97 degrees at Washington-Dulles International Airport and a record 94 in New York City. A 100-degree reading in Macon, Ga., failed to set a record….

 

“The heat wave has left three dead in Georgia, two in Indiana and one each in South Carolina and Chicago over five days, authorities said.

 

“Temperatures averaged about 10 degrees above normal in 35 states, with the worst heat along the Atlantic Coast, Pete Reynolds of the weather service said….

 

“A 95-degree reading tied a record in Philadelphia, where the cool fountains in Logan Square in downtown Philadelphia were packed with children seeking relief….

 

“Record temperatures were broken or tied in New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Maryland, West Virginia, Maine…Rhode Island, Virginia, Florida, Arizona, Colorado and the District of Columbia.” (UPI. “Heat Wave Linked to Seven Deaths.” The Cumberland News, MD, 7-25-1987, p. 1.)

 

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[1] Does not include 18 illegal immigrants who died of dehydration and heat in locked RR car, Sierra Blanca, TX.

[2] CDC-Wonder results relate only to cases where hyperthermia was coded ICD-9/E900 as primary (direct) cause of death by a medical examiner on a death certificate. “Heat-related” deaths are viewed as those where heat was an indirect or contributing cause of death, and are not included. Even with what we would view as a direct E900.0 heat death we know that sometimes such deaths are coded as something else – such as a dehydration in the case of a child left in a hot car, or heart-failure brought on by a heat stroke, and thus do not show up in a exposure to excessive heat query. Also, CDC WONDER suppresses (does not show) fatality numbers in a State where the loss of life is less than 10, though presumably these figures are incorporated into the U.S. total figure.

[3] “The death toll [over 300, week of July 11-17, 1995] topped that of 1987, when at least 96 deaths from the Plains to the East Coast were blamed on heat….”

[4] OSHA also notes a Butler County death of a male — in Chapman on July 14, when a worker pulling wood from a conveyer belt, suffered a fatal heatstroke. (OSHA. Fatality and Catastrophe Investigation Summaries. “Inspection: 101256402 — Union Camp Corp.”) We assume OSHA and CDC are noting the same death.

[5] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 8, Aug 1987, p. 23, col. 1. CDC WONDER notes the death of a male, 65-74.

[6] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 7, July 1987, p. 29, col. 2. CDC WONDER notes death of Male, 45-54.

[7] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 7, July 1987, p. 29, col. 2. CDC WONDER notes death of female, 75-84.

[8] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 7, July 1987, p. 29, col. 1. OSHA also notes the July 4^th death of a male in Pine Bluff — that of a fuel house worker — though it is noted he died “en route to his residence.” CDC WONDER notes death of male, 55-64.

[9] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 7, July 1987, p. 29, col. 2. CDC WONDER notes death of male 75-84.

[10] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 8, Aug 1987, p. 23, col. 2. CDC WONDER shows three total deaths for Jefferson County, as does the NCDC. The CDC, though, shows two deaths of males, 75-84, while the NCDC shows two deaths in that age range — one a male and the other a female.

[11] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 8, Aug 1987, p. 23, col. 2. CDC WONDER notes death of female, 65-74.

[12] We assume the other was the female in her mobile home near Lavaca.

[13] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 8, Aug 1987, p. 23, col. 1. CDC WONDER notes death of male, 25-34.

[14] OSHA. Fatality and Catastrophe Investigation Summaries. “Inspection: 101531325 — Advanced Production…” CDC Wonder notes one Kern County (Bakersfield is in Kern) — a male, 55-64.

[15] CDC WONDER. ICD-10 E900 code (excessive heat).

[16] Assoc. Press (Howard Goldberg). “Nation in throes of hot, cold.” Indiana Gazette, Indiana, PA. 10-5-1987, p. 1. Notes that on Oct 3 “…Los Angeles peaked at 108 for a second-consecutive day…surpassing the record of 100 degrees set in 1933.”

[17] Figure 3, “Annual Temperature Deaths, Florida, 1979-1999.” Figure 3 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.

[18] OSHA. Fatality…Catastrophe Investigation Summaries. “Inspection: 101743045 — Southern Truss & Building.” CDC WONDER also notes the death of a male, 45-54.

[19] OSHA. Fatality and Catastrophe Investigation Summaries. “Inspection: 101744399 — Farmland Hydro, Ltd.” Highlighted in yellow to note not included in tally in that we assume this refers to one of the two CDC-noted deaths.

[20] OSHA. Fatality and Catastrophe Investigation Summaries. “Inspection: 101210193 — Paul D. Causey.” Highlighted in yellow to note not included in tally in that we assume this refers to one of the two CDC-noted deaths.

[21] OSHA. Fatality and Catastrophe Investigation Summaries. “Inspection: 101271534 — Wellcraft Marine Corp.” CDC WONDER notes one Sarasota County heat death — a male, 35-44.

[22] Difference with CDC number is (1) the NCDC has six deaths in Muscogee County, whereas the CDC notes five;  (2) the NCDC shows two Bibb County deaths — that of a female, 74, in her home in July, and that of a 65 year-old female in Macon (Bibb County) on Aug 14 — whereas the CDC shows no Bibb County deaths; and (3) the NCDC notes the death of a male, 61, Aug 5 in Villa Rica, Carroll County, whereas the CDC shows no Carroll Co. deaths.

[23] NCDC, NOAA. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 6, June 1987, p. 32. Noted as “Heat” under Character of Event.

[24] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 7, July 1987, p. 33, col. 1. Asheville, NC. Writes: “Above normal temperatures were common across Georgia during the month. Hundreds of people were treated for heat-related illnesses.”

[25] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 8, Aug 1987, p. 25, col. 2.

[26] Chicago Tribune. “Lingering Heat Wave Blamed in 5 Deaths.” 7-24-1987. Cites County Medical Examiner Of.

[27] Chicago Tribune. “Lingering Heat Wave Blamed in 5 Deaths.” 7-24-1987. Cites County Medical Examiner Of. Identified victim as Albert Barnitz. Notes temperature reached 99° at O’Hare Airport.

[28] Chicago Tribune. “Lingering Heat Wave Blamed in 5 Deaths.” 7-24-1987. Cites County Medical Examiner Of. Identified victim as Sylvester Sims.

[29] Chicago Tribune. “Lingering Heat Wave Blamed in 5 Deaths.” 7-24-1987. Cites County Medical Examiner Of. Notes this location as in Harvey, a suburb of Chicago. Identified victim as Leon McGregory.

[30] Chicago Tribune. “Lingering Heat Wave Blamed in 5 Deaths.” 7-24-1987. Cites County Medical Examiner Of. Identified the victim as Richard Werbek and the location of the car at 19^th Avenue and Rice Street in Melrose Park.

[31] Chicago Tribune. “Lingering Heat Wave Blamed in 5 Deaths.” 7-24-1987. Cites County Medical Examiner Of. Identified victim as Wayne C. Ferlo, and apartment location as 2411 S. Western Avenue.

[32] The Capital, Annapolis, MD. “Woman dies in Sweltering room.” 7-30-1987, A2. Writes: “Chicago — An elderly woman, described as so terrorized by burglars that she kept all of her windows closed and a length of pipe by her bed, died of circulatory disease and heat stroke in her sweltering apartment. The body of Louise Radatz, 79, was found yesterday in the apartment she had refused to leave since a purse-snatching 1½ months earlier…’She had all the windows sealed in last week’s heat…It must have been 125 degrees in there when we found her.’ [according to niece].”

[33] Altoona Mirror, PA. “66 deaths blamed on heat.” 8-1-1987, p. B2.

[34] United Press International (Peter Rowe). “A blazing heat wave blamed for at least 67…” 8-1-1987. Identified victim as Edna Hamilton, who died at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, MO. Writes “The temperature inside the home, which lacks air conditioning, was 90 degrees Wednesday, said for a spokesman for the home.” Notes also that “Besides the Kansas fatality, the blistering heat…has been blamed on…deaths in…Missouri and South Dakota.”

[35] AP (H. Goldberg). “Thunderstorms Break Heat Wave in East.” The Progress, Clearfield, PA. 7-27-1987, p.10. Cites Jefferson County Deputy Coroner. CDC WONDER also notes the heat death of a female, 85+, in the county.

[36] This is a table, with deaths, measured in increments of ten on the left margin, and years, 1980-2013 on the bottom. Dots representing deaths, are placed on a line traced from 1981 to 2013. In that the increments are of ten on a small chart, one has to guestimate deaths, when a “dot” does not land squarely on a line.

[37] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 8, Aug 1987, p. 39, col. 1. Notes the 2^nd was 15^th consecutive day of 90+°.

[38] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 8, Aug 1987, p. 43, col. 2. Notes “Local power companies exceeded all-time record electrical demand on this date…”

[39] Figure 1.

[40] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 7, July 1987, p. 72, col. 2. CDC simply notes death of one male, 10-14.

[41] OSHA. Fatality and Catastrophe Investigation Summaries. “Inspection: 105325013 — Weyerhaeuser Co.” Writes the employee “…was setting chokers with 4 other employees. It was a hot day with very little or no wind. Employee…was out of condition for this type of work and not used to working in hot weather. He was overcome…” Upon arrival, via helicopter, at a hospital he was pronounced death with a core body temperature of at least 108°. CDC Wonder simply notes the death of one male, 20-24 age range in the county.

[42] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 7, July 1987, p. 74, col. 1. Writes: “Temperatures climbed to 90° or higher over most of Eastern Pennsylvania for 8 consecutive days. At least 51 heat-related deaths were reported, 50 of them in Philadelphia…mostly elderly people.”

[43] Intelligencer/Montgomery County Record, Doylestown, PA. “End of heat wave in sight” (Cont. from A1). 7-26-1987. Identifies victim as Charles E. Drew. Highlighted in yellow to denote not included in tally — assume reference to CDC Wonder noted Bucks County heat death of a male, 65-74.

[44] AP. Homer City, Pa. “Community outraged at children’s deaths.” Daily Intelligencer/Montgomery County Record, Doylestown, PA, 8-25-1987, p. 6. Writes the mother, 19, and husband, 23, were arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment, noting: “They were accused of leaving their children, Calvin, 1, and Kristle, 2, in the car from 9 a.m. until 2:15 p.m., Friday, when Mrs. Shields [mother] found the boy dead of heat exposure and dehydration and the girl gasping. Kristle died of heat exposure Saturday in a Pittsburgh hospital.”

[45] UPI. “State residents are steaming over recent rise in mercury.” New Castle News, PA, 8-4-1987, p. 1. Notes: “The Philadelphia Medical Examiners’ office said some 50 people — most of them elderly — died during a string of hot days in late July.”

[46] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 7, July 1987, p. 76, col. 1. Identifies victim as John P. Redman.

[47] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 6, June 1987, p. 63.

[48] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 8, Aug 1987, p. 54, col. 2. Cites Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office.

[49] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 8, Aug 1987, p. 54, col. 2. Cites Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office.

[50] NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 29, No. 8, Aug 1987, p. 54, col. 1. Notes his body temperature reached 110 degrees.

[51] “…blistering heat that has hovered over much of the Midwest and East for two weeks has been blamed on 50 deaths in Philadelphia alone, and additional deaths in Indiana, Illinois, South Carolina, Georgia, Whoming, Missouri and South Dakota.”