In 2022, the United Kingdom registered the highest number of excess heat deaths during heat waves since records began in 2016, hitting 2,803 deaths. This number represented an increase of nearly 91 percent from excess heat deaths counted the previous year.
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Climate Change Committee. (March 31, 2023). Number of excess heat deaths during heatwaves in the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2022, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1420862/number-of-excess-heat-deaths-during-heatwaves-in-the-uk/
Climate Change Committee. "Number of excess heat deaths during heatwaves in the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2022, by age." Chart. March 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1420862/number-of-excess-heat-deaths-during-heatwaves-in-the-uk/
Climate Change Committee. (2023). Number of excess heat deaths during heatwaves in the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2022, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1420862/number-of-excess-heat-deaths-during-heatwaves-in-the-uk/
Climate Change Committee. "Number of Excess Heat Deaths during Heatwaves in The United Kingdom from 2016 to 2022, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1420862/number-of-excess-heat-deaths-during-heatwaves-in-the-uk/
Climate Change Committee, Number of excess heat deaths during heatwaves in the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2022, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1420862/number-of-excess-heat-deaths-during-heatwaves-in-the-uk/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of excess heat deaths during heatwaves in the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2022, by age [Graph], Climate Change Committee, March 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1420862/number-of-excess-heat-deaths-during-heatwaves-in-the-uk/