Heat Related Illness Emergency Department Visits Data
This indicator estimates the number and rate of emergency department
visits for heat stress. It includes all cases where heat stress is
listed as a primary or other diagnosis. These data come from hospital
records and may not capture the full range of heat-related illness if
exposure to excess heat is not explicitly documented. These data can be
used to document changes over place and time, monitor vulnerable areas
and populations and evaluate the results of local climate-adaptation
strategies.
Our heat-related illness data from emergency department visits include: health outcome (heat stress), Tennessee county of residence, and year of emergency department visit.