%0 Journal Article
%T Heat--related illnesses and deaths-United States, 1994-1995
%J MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report
%D 1995
%A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, 
%V 44
%N 25
%P 465-468
%X Although heat-related illness and death are readily preventable, exposure to extreme temperatures causes at least 240 deaths during years with no heat wave. A heat wave is defined by the National Weather Service as > or = 3 consecutive days of temperatures > or = 90.0 F (> or = 32.2 C). In 1980, 1983, and 1988 (recent years with prolonged heat waves), 1,700, 556, and 454 deaths, respectively, were attributed to heat. This report describes four instances of heat-related illness and death that occurred in the United States during 1994 and 1995 and summarizes risk factors for heat-related illness and death.
%G en
%I U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
%@ 0149-2195
%U http://dx.doi.org/