Workers repair a roof during a heat wave in Plano， Texas， the United States， on June 27， 2023. (Photo by Dan Tian/Xinhua)
平安宝 保平安 专注于安全网络投资Emergency rooms in Texas， New Mexico， Oklahoma， Louisiana and Arkansas logged 847 heat-related illnesses per 100， 灵武市利达蚕茧有限公司000 emergency department visits.
NEW YORK， 沙河市卫资废纸有限公司 Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Extreme temperatures across the United States have put the elderly， 浙江鸿翔云彩休闲用品有限公司 outdoors workers and people at greatest risk of severe heat-related illnesses or even death，福建创佳对外贸易有限公司 reported Politico on Sunday.
"Public health officials are worried that U.S. metropolitan areas aren't prepared to handle a higher frequency of heat waves， 祁连县元方坚果有限公司公共汽车" said the report.
The report also noted that emergency rooms in Texas， New Mexico， Oklahoma， Louisiana and Arkansas logged 847 heat-related illnesses per 100，000 emergency department visits， and 911 calls across the country for heat-related illnesses and injuries over the past month were nearly 30 percent higher than average.
"Official tallies often only reflect deaths from heatstroke. Hyperthermia is listed on the death certificates. Using that methodology， researchers estimate that some 700 people in the United States die each year directly from extreme heat exposure，" it said.
But environmental health experts say those tallies are a gross underestimate because they ignore the effect heat has on other chronic health conditions. For example公共汽车， extreme heat can worsen the effects of cardiovascular disease， and that can lead to a heart attack， it added. ■
