MMWR Summaries August 8, 2013
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent this bulletin at 08/08/2013 03:12 PM EDT1. Heat Illness and Deaths — New York City, 2000–2011
In the U.S. heat waves kill more persons, on average, than other extreme weather events. In New York City more than 150 deaths were caused by heat stroke, an estimated1600 were hospitalized and approximately 2700 were treated at emergency departments for heat illness from 2000 through 2011, according to the NYC Health Department. Researchers also found that the risk was higher among older adults and in neighborhoods with high poverty rates, and many of those affected had chronic physical or mental health problems. Among those who died, obesity and a lack of a working air conditioner were significant risk factors.
2. Fatal West Nile Virus Infection Following Probable Transfusion-Associated Transmission—Colorado, 2012
Starting in 2003, the U.S. blood supply has been screened for West Nile virus. Since then, approximately 3,500 West Nile virus-infected units have been removed from the blood supply and only 12 cases of transfusion-associated transmission of West Nile virus have been identified. This report describes the first probable case of transfusion-associated West Nile virus infection in which the donation was negative by individual nucleic acid testing on initial screening.
3. CDC Grand Rounds: Public Health Approaches to Reducing U.S. Infant Mortality
Infant mortality, defined as the death of a live-born infant before his or her first birthday, remains a challenge in a technology-rich United States. Racial and geographic disparities persist with African-American infants dying at nearly twice the rate of white-non Hispanic infants. Thirteen southern states comprise the majority of the states in the top quartile for infant mortality in the U.S. These infant deaths are mostly a consequence of pre-term birth, birth defects, adverse maternal health conditions, labor and delivery complications, lack of access to appropriate care at the time of delivery, sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), and infection.
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In the U.S. heat waves kill more persons, on average, than other extreme weather events. In New York City more than 150 deaths were caused by heat stroke, an estimated1600 were hospitalized and approximately 2700 were treated at emergency departments for heat illness from 2000 through 2011, according to the NYC Health Department. Researchers also found that the risk was higher among older adults and in neighborhoods with high poverty rates, and many of those affected had chronic physical or mental health problems. Among those who died, obesity and a lack of a working air conditioner were significant risk factors.
2. Fatal West Nile Virus Infection Following Probable Transfusion-Associated Transmission—Colorado, 2012
Starting in 2003, the U.S. blood supply has been screened for West Nile virus. Since then, approximately 3,500 West Nile virus-infected units have been removed from the blood supply and only 12 cases of transfusion-associated transmission of West Nile virus have been identified. This report describes the first probable case of transfusion-associated West Nile virus infection in which the donation was negative by individual nucleic acid testing on initial screening.
3. CDC Grand Rounds: Public Health Approaches to Reducing U.S. Infant Mortality
Infant mortality, defined as the death of a live-born infant before his or her first birthday, remains a challenge in a technology-rich United States. Racial and geographic disparities persist with African-American infants dying at nearly twice the rate of white-non Hispanic infants. Thirteen southern states comprise the majority of the states in the top quartile for infant mortality in the U.S. These infant deaths are mostly a consequence of pre-term birth, birth defects, adverse maternal health conditions, labor and delivery complications, lack of access to appropriate care at the time of delivery, sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), and infection.
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