Heat Exhaustion Death Rate Rises

There were about 4.2 deaths per 1 million Californians last year in which heat exhaustion was an underlying or contributing factor. Only once in the last 20 years — the heat wave of 2006 — has the death rate been higher.

Deaths per million residents:

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Credit: Phillip Reese for KFF Health News
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