Health Impacts

This section of the Climate Change HealthSTATS pages presents information on the health burden of climate impacts. Using indicators for each of the six climate-related health outcome categories listed below, these pages present information on the extent individuals and communities are being exposed to climate-related health issues.

• Extreme temperatures
• Heat related ER visits
• Cold exposure ER visits
• Extreme weather
• Contamination and availability of food and water
  • Monthly food and waterborne disease reports
  • Household Food Insecurity
  • Food Affordability: Nutritious Food Basket
• Vector borne disease
  • West Nile Virus surveillance
  • Lyme Disease surveillance
• Malignant melanoma incidence rates
• Sunburn reporting

Page Last Modified: August 18, 2020.