B.C. Centre for Disease Control finds low incomes 2.4 times more prevalent in those who died
A study of British Columbia’s deadly heat dome in 2021 says the risk factor most strongly associated with dying during those sweltering days was whether that person was receiving income assistance.
A 2022 B.C. coroner’s report said 619 deaths were attributed to the heat event, and the latest research says the prevalence of low income was 2.4 times higher among the people who died compared with those who survived. “Susceptibility to extreme heat is not determined by any single factor, but rather depends on the confluence of overlapping factors,” the study released this week says.
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