Fish P D, Bennett G C, Millard P H
Age Ageing. 1985 Jul;14(4):243-5. doi: 10.1093/ageing/14.4.243.
Mortality in the elderly is affected by external temperature at both extremes. Admissions to a geriatric unit during the hot summer of 1983 were compared with those in the same period in 1982, a typically British summer. There were 382 admissions and 69 deaths in 1982, and 468 admissions and 90 deaths during the same 22-week period in 1983. The principal difference in the cause of admissions was in the group cerebrovascular accidents/transient ischaemic attacks/subarachnoid haemorrhages which rose from 10% in 1982 to 15% in 1983. There was also a small increase in the proportion of respiratory-tract infections in 1983.
老年人的死亡率在温度极端情况下都会受到外界温度的影响。将1983年炎热夏季老年病房的收治情况与1982年同期（典型的英国夏季）进行了比较。1982年有382例收治患者，69人死亡；在1983年相同的22周期间，有468例收治患者，90人死亡。收治原因的主要差异在于脑血管意外/短暂性脑缺血发作/蛛网膜下腔出血组，该组从1982年的10%升至1983年的15%。1983年呼吸道感染的比例也略有增加。
