Health experts on climate change and heat-related illnesses worldwide 2021

Published by Statista Research Department, May 8, 2024

The vast majority of healthcare professionals around the world believe heat-related illnesses in their country will become more frequent or severe over the next ten years due to climate change. On the other hand, only 13 percent thought that the frequency of heat-related illnesses would be unchanged.

Distribution of opinions of healthcare professionals on the effect of climate change on heat-related illnesses worldwide as of 2021

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Release date

April 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Number of respondents

4,225 respondents

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Healthcare professionals

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Supplementary notes

The question was worded in the source as: "Over the next 10 years, do you think climate change will make these health issues in your country more frequent or severe, less frequent or severe, or do you think they will remain largely unchanged? Heat-related illnesses."

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