Does Arizona have more HEAT RELATED DEATHS then other states? (Globe: 2013, DMV)

[TAZORAC]

Being that Arizona is pretty much the desert, does AZ have the most heat related deaths in America? Any of you Arizonians know anybody personally who dead from heat related causes?

[Colt AZ]

Here's a link from 2013 via NOAA:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats/heat13.pdf

[ABQConvict]

What does the desert have to do with heat related deaths?

Anyway, I would say it is less common because being a routinely very hot place, heat mitigation (AC being ubiquitous for example) prevents heat related health problems.

Where you see heat related deaths is in places where extreme heat is less common. In such places, when there is a rare but extreme heatwave many people without AC suffer.

[Packard fan]

Originally Posted by ABQConvict

What does the desert have to do with heat related deaths?

Anyway, I would say it is less common because being a routinely very hot place, heat mitigation (AC being ubiquitous for example) prevents heat related health problems.

Where you see heat related deaths is in places where extreme heat is less common. In such places, when there is a rare but extreme heatwave many people without AC suffer.

Agreed. Like Chicago lost a LOT of people to excess heat in 1995.

Heat-Related Mortality -- Chicago, July 1995

During July 11-27, a total of 465 deaths were certified as heat-related by the CCMEO Figure_1; during July 4-10, no deaths were certified as heat-related. The highest number of heat-related deaths previously certified by the CCMEO -- associated with a heat wave in 1988 -- was 77. The number of heat-related deaths peaked 2 days after the heat index peaked. Deaths increased from 49 (July 14) to a maximum of 162 (July 15) Figure_1. Of the 465 decedents, 257 (55%) were male. Based on race-specific data, 229 (49%) decedents were black; 215 (46%), white; and 21 (5%), other racial/ethnic groups.** Within racial categories, 128 (56%) blacks were male, and 114 (53%) whites were male. Of the 437 decedents for whom age could be determined, age ranged from 3 years to 103 years (median: 75 years, mean: 72 years); 222 (51%) were aged greater than or equal to 75 years.

[KurtAZ]

Well...from the pdf that Colt Cassidy posted...it would be NV, NY, IL and then AZ followed by UT, MD, PA and then some ones and twos for other states.

[jamies]

Some guy was found dead here a couple of years back - right next to the Colorado River!

[Valley Native]

A good share of the heat related deaths here are newer arrivals and/or visitors who don't realize how bad the heat can be. It's not only the heat, but the intensity of the SUN which can take a toll on a person who doesn't come prepared. Many of the heat related deaths involve hiking in the desert ... specifically becoming lost, stranded, and not having enough water. Whenever there's a news report about yet another person dying from the heat, it's often somebody from out of state. Same thing with the ones who have to be rescued from being stranded on a mountain: usually out of staters!

[TAZORAC]

Originally Posted by Valley Native

A good share of the heat related deaths here are newer arrivals and/or visitors who don't realize how bad the heat can be. It's not only the heat, but the intensity of the SUN which can take a toll on a person who doesn't come prepared. Many of the heat related deaths involve hiking in the desert ... specifically becoming lost, stranded, and not having enough water. Whenever there's a news report about yet another person dying from the heat, it's often somebody from out of state. Same thing with the ones who have to be rescued from being stranded on a mountain: usually out of staters!

As an Arizonian, can you tell me whats the fascination about hiking in the desert?

[Colt AZ]

Originally Posted by TAZORAC

As an Arizonian, can you tell me whats the fascination about hiking in the desert?

There is way too much info on Arizona hiking, and that could be a thread/topic of its own! Here is one particular site which you can sort through.

ArizonaHiking.org

[locolobo13]

Originally Posted by TAZORAC

As an Arizonian, can you tell me whats the fascination about hiking in the desert?

The hills

Arizona State Parks: Picacho Peak: Photo Gallery

https://arizonahighways.wordpress.co...ion-mountains/

Flowers

Pink Desert Globemallow by res1due, on Flickr

Saguaro Bloom by res1due, on Flickr

The Characters you meet

Lizard onShaw Butte by res1due, on Flickr

Long-horned Bees by res1due, on Flickr

Crab Spider dining by res1due, on Flickr

Rattlesnake in the rocks by res1due, on Flickr

The variety is endless. Just keep looking.