Climate Change Attributable Deaths In Children Under 5 Years

The burden of disease attributable to climate change can be expressed as : Number of deaths, Death rate, Number of DALYs, DALYs rate

Disability -Adusted Life Years (or DALYs) are a summary measure of population health that combine (i) the years of life lost as a result of premature death and (ii) the years lived with a disease. Death and DALY rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths, resp. DALYs, by the total population (or indicated if not, e.g. if a specific population group such as children under 5 years, is used). Evidence from epidemiological studies have shown that climate change is linked with a range of conditions. Taking into account only a subset of the possible health impacts, evidence for the following climate-sensitive health outcomes have been assessed on sufficiently strong basis for inclusion in the burden of disease estimates:

Diarrhoeal diseases; Malaria Unintentional Injuries and deaths related to flooding Malnutrition

For deaths and DALYs, national figures are summed. For death and DALY rates, the country deaths, resp. DALYs, are summed according to the region of interest, and divided by the corresponding regional population.