Li Bai|Cirendunzhu|Alistair Woodward|Dawa|Xiraoruodeng|Qiyong Liu
Temperature and mortality on the roof of the world: A time-series analysis in three Tibetan counties, China
National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention|Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital|University of Auckland|Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital|Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital|National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention|Shandong University
tibet average altitude 4000 meters warming faster anywhere else china however studies tibet relation ambient temperature mortality examined mean temperature daily mortality three tibetan counties chengguan jiangzi naidong using distributed lag nonlinear model dlnm based 5610 deaths occurred 20082012 separately investigated hot cold effects nonaccidental deaths cardiovascular deaths outofhospital deaths vulnerability factors including age sex education three counties effect heat tended immediate impact cold lasted longer effects consistent modest size statistically significant except cumulative cold effects jiangzi lag 014 rr 2251 95 ci 10544849 vulnerable temperature extremes tended men elderly 65 years illiterate persons found stronger temperature effects cardiovascular deaths allcause mortality also observed increase outofhospital mortality one county first study investigate temperaturemortality relationship tibet findings may guide public health programs interventions protect population extreme temperatures developing tibet