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Arizona’s largest county shattered its record for heat-related deaths in 2023, a grim reminder of how dangerous last summer’s heat waves were for people vulnerable to rising temperatures. At least 645 people in Maricopa County — home of Phoenix and many of its suburbs — died from heat-related causes last year, according to a preliminary report from its Public Health Department released Wednesday. The deaths represented a 52% increase over the previous year.
At least 4% of the cases involved people experiencing homelessness. Men made up more than three-quarters of the heat-related deaths, the data says. About two-thirds of the heat-related deaths were of people 50 and older. Heat is the leading weather-related cause of death in the United States, but its effects are sometimes underestimated because many people die of underlying conditions made worse by heat stress, such as heart attacks, respiratory problems or kidney disease.
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