Source:
https://climatediscussionnexus.com/2021/01/27/scientists-say-5/
" ... An analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of U.S. temperature-related deaths between 2006 and 2010 showed that 63% were attributable to cold exposure, while only 31% were attributable to heat exposure.
... Nate Seltenrich ... writing in the scientific journal Environmental Health Perspectives:
"In Australia and the United Kingdom, cold-related mortality between 1993 and 2006 exceeded heat-related mortality by an even greater margin—and is likely to do so through at least the end of the century.”
In addition to reviewing evidence that cold kills more than heat does, he also reported on evidence that lack of adaptation is also deadly.
95 percent of homes in Phoenix AZ have air conditioning, whereas it is “rare and unpopular” in Europe.
The result is that weather considered routine in Phoenix can cause mass casualties in Europe.
“Among other variables influencing the public health impacts of high heat, one of the simplest is often regarded as the most powerful: air conditioning. Phoenix, Arizona, sees daytime highs near or above 90°F (32.2°C) for most of the year, and above 100°F (37.7°C) for the rest.
Yet a recent study counted only 424 heat-related deaths in the city during the hottest part of the year (May 15 through October 15) over the period 2000–2011, an average of just 35 deaths per year.
By contrast, with temperatures that rarely exceeded what is considered normal during a Phoenix summer, the 2003 European heat wave killed more than 70,000 people in three months.” "