Heat-related mortality trends under recent climate warming in Spain: A 36-year observational study.
Hicham AchebakDaniel DevolderJoan BallesterPublished in: PLoS medicine (2018)
Despite the summer warming observed in Spain between 1980 and 2015, the decline in the vulnerability of the population has contributed to a general downward trend in overall heat-attributable mortality. This reduction occurred in parallel with a decline in the vulnerability difference between men and women for circulatory and cardiorespiratory mortality. Despite these advances, the risk of death remained high for respiratory diseases, and particularly in women.