Aragon suma 136 deaths due to heat in the summer and more than 73% were people over 85 years old.

Aragon signed up this summer There were 136 deaths due to heat, and almost all of them, 97.8 percent were over 65 years old, and 71.3 percent were over 85 years old.According to data collected from the Daily Mortality Surveillance System of the Instituto de Salud Carlos III.

This is one of the conclusions reflected in the report 'Vigilance of the health effects of extreme temperatures in Aragon. temporada 2024' prepared by the Information and Research Unit of the Public Health Vigilance Service of the DGA, which analyzes the temperature behavior and its effect on mortality between May 16 and September 30 of this year.

Director General of Public Health Nuria Gayan commented. aunque hay personas que presentan mer riesgo y deben estar especially protegidas, como las personas mayores“. This motive, este año, se ha incidido en este groupo edad, tanto través de Campañas de Fusion, como con este for material specifications.

It was present in the analyzed season in 2024 Between the weeks of July 22 and August 18, there were 136 deaths.coincides with the heat wave period of July and August.

In the province of Teruel, Sehan found excess deaths in the weeks from May 13 to 26 and August 19 to September 1, not corresponding to high-risk weeks, based on weather warnings for areas of the province. No excess mortality was recorded in Aragon in other provinces, nor in the seven epidemiological studies examined.

Since 2004, the Action Plan for the prevention of temperature effects in the summer months has been launched. extremas sobre la salud. Hasta 2023 warnings were given by the provinces, but this year it was reduced in order to implement zonas de meteosalud warnings more efficiently and accurately. The Director General of Public Health explains that the use of meteorological health zones allows for more precision in warnings.

Estas zonas son Pirineo Oscense, Centro de Huesca and Sur de Huesca; Cinco Villas de Zaragoza, Iberica Zaragozana and Ribera del Ebro de Zaragoza; y Albarracín y Jiloca, Gúdar y Maestrazgo, y Bajo Aragón de Teruel.

The first summer heat wave started on July 23 and lasted until August 1. The second and last heat wave occurred from August 4 to 12. También se observaron en este mes dos episodios cálidós que se se produjeron del 17, 24 ve 27, 28.

Weather warnings were issued for three provinces, mainly from July 15 to July 21, and the province of Huesca was extended until August 11, especially the central region of Huesca, which has the largest number, and Intensidad de warnings. presented.

On the contrary, the province of Teruel, especially the meteorological zone of Gudar and Maestrazgo, is the province that recorded the least warnings and the least intensity.

In the provinces of Por, Huesca registered 131 meteorological warnings, Zaragoza 106 and Teruel 93.