In the summer of 2020, around 52 percent of patients brought into the emergency room with heat-related complications in South Korea was diagnosed with heat exhaustion. This made it the most common type of heat-related disease recorded in the country that year, followed by heat stroke and heat cramps.
Share of patients suffering from heat related diseases in South Korea in Summer 2020, by type
KCDC (Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is running the heat-related illnesses (HRI) surveillance system to monitor heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramp, heat syncope, and heat edema from the heat wave through a nationwide network of hospitals since 2011.
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MOHW (South Korea). (August 18, 2020). Share of patients suffering from heat related diseases in South Korea in Summer 2020, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/888035/south-korea-patients-with-heat-related-illnesses-by-type/
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