Climate Change and the Health of Older Adults
Endnotes
1 U.S. Census Bureau. (2019). Population 60 years and older in the United States. American community survey. Retrieved 3/11/2022.
2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Older adults and air quality. Retrieved 3/11/22.
3 Gamble, J.L., et al. (2016). Ch. 9: Populations of concern. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 258.
4 Ibid, p. 257.
5 Ibid, p. 258.
6 Ibid, p. 258.
7 Bell, J.E., et al. (2016). Ch. 4: Impacts of extreme events on human health. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 104.
8 U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). Older people projected to outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history. Retrieved 3/11/2022.
9 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2024). Older adults and healthy aging. Retrieved 7/16/2024.
10 Gamble, J.L., et al. (2016). Ch. 9: Populations of concern. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 252.
11 Ibid, p. 257.
12 Crimmins, A., et al. (2016). Executive summary. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 8.
13 Gamble, J.L., et al. (2016). Ch. 9: Populations of concern. In: The Impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 257.
14 Ibid, p. 258.
15 Ibid, p. 258.
16 EPA. (2021). Climate change indicators: Heat-related illnesses. Retrieved 3/11/2022.
17 Gamble, J.L., et al. (2016). Ch. 9: Populations of concern. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 257.
18 Ibid, p. 257.
19 Ibid, p. 257.
20 Ibid, p. 257.
21 Nolte, C.G., et al. (2018). Ch. 13: Air quality. In: Impacts, risks, and adaptation in the United States: Fourth national climate assessment, volume II. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 526.
22 Fann, N., et al. (2016). Ch. 3: Air quality impacts. The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 80.
23 EPA. (2021). Indoor air quality and climate change. Retrieved 3/11/2022.
24 CDC. (2021). Most recent national asthma data. Retrieved 3/11/2022.
25 Beard, C.B., et al. (2016). Ch. 5: Vector-borne diseases. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, pp. 141–142.
26 Gamble, J.L., et al. (2016). Ch. 9: Populations of concern. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 258.
27 CDC. (2021). West Nile virus. Retrieved 3/11/2021.
28 EPA. (2021). Climate change indicators: Lyme disease. Retrieved 3/11/2022.
29 CDC. (2024). Lyme disease surveillance data. Retrieved 7/16/2024.
30 CDC. (2024). Signs and symptoms of untreated Lyme disease. Retrieved 7/16/2024.
31 Gamble, J.L., et al. (2016). Ch. 9: Populations of concern. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 258.
32 Bell, J.E., et al. (2016). Ch. 4: Impacts of extreme events on human health. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 105.
33 Louisiana Department of Health. (2021). Hurricane Ida storm-related death toll rises to 26. Retrieved 3/11/2022.
34 Gamble, J.L., et al. (2016). Ch. 9: Populations of concern. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 258.
35 Dodgen, D., et al., (2016). Ch. 8: Mental health and well-being. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 225.
36 Gamble, J.L., et al. (2016). Ch. 9: Populations of concern. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 258.
37 Crimmins, A., et al. (2016). Executive summary. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 6.
38 Gamble, J.L., et al. (2016). Ch. 9: Populations of concern. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, p. 258.
39 Ibid, p. 258.
40 Trtanj, J., et al. (2016). Ch. 6: Climate impacts on water-related illness. In: The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, pp. 160–163.
41 Ibid, p. 165.
42 Ibid, p. 165.
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