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SUBMITTER: Taylor EV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5920731 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Taylor Ethel V EV Vaidyanathan Ambarish A Flanders W Dana WD Murphy Matthew M Spencer Merianne M Noe Rebecca S RS
American journal of public health 20171026 S2
<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine whether non-US citizens have a higher mortality risk of heat-related deaths than do US citizens.<h4>Methods</h4>We used place of residence reported in mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System from 2005 to 2014 as a proxy for citizenship to examine differences in heat-related deaths between non-US and US citizens. Estimates from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey of self-reported citizenship status and place of birth provided the numbers ...[more]