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Nearly half of heat-related deaths happen at home: Data

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26.06.2024

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  • In the last 20 years, 45 percent of heat-related deaths with a known location happened inside a person's home, according to National Weather Service data.
  • The outdoors was the next most common place for such deaths to occur, followed by vehicles and mobile homes.
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers heat-related deaths to be preventable.

(NewsNation) — A person's house is the most common place for heat-related deaths to occur, according to National Weather Service data.

An analysis conducted by the Cincinnati Enquirer found that, in the last 20 years, 45% of the 3,142 heat-related........

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