Estudo do Índice Biometeorológico Humidex e de sua Correlação com Óbitos em Campinas

• João Luís C. De Abreu UNICAMP
• Paula D. P. Costa UNICAMP
• Ana Maria H. de Avila UNICAMP
• Eliana C. de Faria UNICAMP

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/ercas.2021.17441

Abstract

The present work conducted a regional analysis on the impact of extreme events identified by the biometeorological index Humidex on the deaths from cardiovascular diseases in Campinas. We conducted a comparative analysis of daily death distributions under extreme event versus control-days (MannWhitney U test). Although the literature indicates a correlation between Humidex values and the increase in deaths, we did not found a significant statistical difference.

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