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KMID : 1143420210140201363
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Public Health Weekly Report
2021 Volume.14 No. 20 p.1363 ~ p.1372
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Results of the 2020 Heat-Related Illness Surveillance
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Lee Su-Kyung
Kim Sun-Mi
Kim Hyo-Eun
Kwon Seung-Hyun
Yoo Hyo-Soon
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Abstract
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In 2011, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) launched a heat-related illness (HRI) surveillance system. Annually, a nationwide network of approximately 500 hospital emergency rooms (ERs) participates in the system during the summer, the hottest part of the year in Korea. From May 20 to September 13, 2020, the KCDA operated the HRI surveillance system to monitor heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, heat syncope, and heat edema. According to hospital reports, 1,078 people developed HRIs and 143 deaths were attributed to HRI in 2020. Findings indicated that the percentage of HRI occurrences was high among males (77.3%); and high among people in their 50s (22.6%). In terms of location, HRI occurrence was highest at outdoor workplace (35.1%) followed by outdoor farmland (19.7%) and outdoor roadside locations (12.2%). Findings indicated that the main cause of HRI was heat exhaustion (53.4%) followed by heat stroke (20.6%).
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KEYWORD
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Heat-related illness (HRI), Heat stroke, Heat, Workplace, Surveillance
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