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Heat deaths are a public health crisis rooted in housing inequality
"Heat deaths are not scattered randomly across the population. They fall predictably and measurably on particular people in particular homes.
Around 60% of the estimated deaths in May and June were among people aged over 85. But age is only part of the story, because vulnerability to heat is socially patterned....
...An analysis by the Resolution Foundation thinktank found that 54% of the poorest fifth of English households live in homes at high risk of overheating, against 18% of the richest fifth. Two-thirds of social renters, and six out of ten households with young children, live in homes at the highest risk as the country warms."
https://theconversation.com/heat-deaths-are-a-public-health-crisis-rooted-in-housing-inequality-287426#ukheatwave
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