Meteorological associations of cerebrovascular disease mortality in England and Wales

Bibliographic Data

ID11177553
AuthorsE G Knox (corresponding author)
Year1981
Volume35
Issue3
Pages220-223
Publication date1981-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0143-005X • E-ISSN: 1470-2738
PublisherBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/jech.35.3.220
PMID7328383
OpenAlexW2022744462
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

The recent decline in stroke mortality, and its seasonal variation, have not been satisfactorily explained through any single factor. Nevertheless, several causes might operate through a single mechanism, namely salt loss variation. The increased use of diuretics could explain the trend, and physiological salt loss variations might explain the cycle. The associations between mortality and meteorological variables were therefore examined. The examination was negative in that temperature correlations were equally strong in winter and in summer, with no support for the hypothesis that temperature-dependent salt loss was a contributing cause. It was found in addition, unexpectedly, that stroke mortality showed strong correlations with atmospheric pollution levels, both in winter and in summer. These correlations were strengthened, rather than dissipated, by standardisation for season and for temperature. The pattern for stroke mortality differed, in these respects, from acute myocardial infarction. The pollution correlations of hypertension deaths were similar to those from stroke, and they were jointly more powerful than correlations with deaths from bronchitis

Bronchitis · Cardiology · Chronic bronchitis · Disease · Myocardial infarction · Stroke (engine) · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Demography · Internal Medicine · Medicine

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