The Grand Canyon State continued to see record-high fatalities relating to heat in 2021.
The Grand Canyon State is known for making national headlines in the summer for its extreme heat continued to see record-high fatalities relating to heat in 2021.tabulating 339 heat-associated deaths last year — a 5% increase over 2020’s 323 fatalities and a whopping 70% increase over the 199 deaths recorded in 2019.
In 2021, six excessive heat warnings were issued by the National Weather Service for a total of 20 days. On those days, 28% of heat-associated deaths occurred.Men made up most heat-associated deaths at 81% and had a death rate three-times higher than that of women . Three-quarters of the deaths occurred outdoors , with the homeless population making up 130, or 38%, of total deaths.Substance abuse was a factor in 60% of deaths — meth especially
Methamphetamine was the main cause or contributing factor in 45% of all heat-associated deaths and was detected in 91% of cases involving substance use. Fentanyl was detected in 30% of substance abuse cases involving drugs.
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