9) QUICK STATS health impacts of environmental change

ozone depletion

• success story in taking action

australia and new zealand

• highest rates in the world

• 2/3 diagnosed with skin cancer by 70

• 2,000 australians die a year

• 80% of skin cancers diagnosed are skin cancer

• 11% are malignant contributing to 3% of all deaths

• 900 million spent in 2017 treating all skin cancers

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• skin cancer under 30 has dropped over last 30 years

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cataracts

• caused form agin, uv exposure, cooking with fuelwood smoke, poor nutriition

• proteins in the lens unravel, tangle and accumulate pigments leading to blindness

• leading cause of blindness

• are curable

climate change

• 350k climate deaths estimated each year

• nearly 1 million from 2030 is action is not taken

who is most affectedfrom climate change deaths

africa

• strugging to have pharamceutical invest in them

• DTM, DEMIOLOGICAL model

thermal stress

• physical and physiological reactions of human body to temperatures that fall outside of human normal comfort zone

heatwaves

• dehydration

• overheating

• heath exhaustion

• heatstroke

• water shortages

• wildfires

• vermin infestion

• smog - worsens asthma

heatwave stats

2003 France and Spain – 3 week heatwave – 15,000 excess deaths, WHO reported 70,000 across Europe. 900 excess deaths UK heatwave in 2019, 320 over 6 day heatwave in late August

25% higher death rate than in summer at times

34% in 2017/18 UK caused by Reparatory stress

evidence of link between mortality and high temperatures

annual heat related deaths increased from 798 in 1990s to 2793 in 2050s

annual cold related deaths drop is greater than rise in annual heat related deaths

agricultural productivity