Hospitalization risk and burden for cause-specific cardiovascular diseases following tropical cyclones: A multicountry study

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Huang, Wenzhong
Yang, Zhengyu
Zhang, Yiwen
Vogt, Thomas
Park, Jinah
Yu, Wenhua
Xu, Rongbin
Hales, Simon
Hundessa, Samuel
Otto, Christian
Yu, Pei
Liu, Yanming
Ju, Ke
Lavigne, Eric
Ye, Tingting
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2025
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The indirect health risks of tropical cyclones (TCs), the costliest climate extremes, remain unclear, with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) being a major contributor. We applied two-stage time-series analysis to 6.54 million CVD hospitalizations across six countries/territories (Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam) between 2000 and 2019 to quantify the long-term risks and burden of CVD hospitalizations following TCs. Hospitalization risks for cause-specific CVDs consistently increased following TC exposure, generally peaking around 2 months postexposure and dissipating by 6 months. Overall, each additional TC day was associated with a 13% (95% confidence interval, 7 to 19%) increase in CVD hospitalizations in 6 months following TCs. Particularly high TC-attributable burden was found for ischemic heart diseases and stroke, especially among males, individuals aged 20 to 59 years, and those with higher levels of socioeconomic deprivation. The TC-attributable proportions of CVD hospitalizations showed decreasing trends in less deprived populations and increasing trends in more deprived populations from 2000 to 2019.

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Science Advances

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11

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31

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© 2025 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC).

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Huang, W; Yang, Z; Zhang, Y; Vogt, T; Park, J; Yu, W; Xu, R; Hales, S; Hundessa, S; Otto, C; Yu, P; Liu, Y; Ju, K; Lavigne, E; Ye, T; Wen, B; Wu, Y; Zhang, Y; Kliengchuay, W; Tantrakarnapa, K; Guo, YL; Kim, H; Phung, D; Ritchie, EA; Li, S; Guo, Y, Hospitalization risk and burden for cause-specific cardiovascular diseases following tropical cyclones: A multicountry study, Science Advances, 2025, 11 (31), pp. eadr0800

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