Association Between Temperature and Humidty with Mortality: and Ecologial Study

The objective of this study was to analyze the association between temperature and humidity, in relation to deaths from cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases in the municipality of Ribeirão Preto, SP, in 2019, projecting future scenarios of these variables. An ecological study was carried out in which deaths were classified according to Chapters IX and X of the International Classification of Diseases-10, according to death certificates and temperature and humidity data. Chapter IX represented 23% and Chapter X 24.9% of the deaths, with 53% being male, 84% over 80 years old, and 83.2% white. The highest coefficient was in the Center (5.8/1000 inhabitants), and June had the highest number of deaths (242). Temperatures ranged from 3.9ºC to 39ºC and humidity from 37% to 96.5%. Low temperatures and humidity were associated with an increase in mortality, with an increase in these variables reducing deaths by 3.1% weekly. Ribeirão Preto has a hot and dry climatological profile, with deaths mainly due to respiratory diseases.