Noncommunicable Diseases Climate Change
• Research & Reports
Severe flooding and cause-specific hospitalisation among older adults in the USA: a retrospective matched cohort analysis. The Lancet Planetary Health.
This large-scale study examined over 4.5 million hospital records from adults over 65 in the U.S. and found that severe flooding was linked to higher hospitalization rates for skin, nervous system, and musculoskeletal diseases, and injuries.
