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KMID : 1143420220150211463
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Public Health Weekly Report
2022 Volume.15 No. 21 p.1463 ~ p.1475
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The first national climate health impact assessment in the Republic of Korea: key findings and scientific issues
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Kim Hyo-Eun
Lee Young-Joo
Kim Jong-Hee
Kim Yun-A
Park Seong-Woo
Kwon Ho-Jang
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Abstract
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Based on the ’Framework Act on Health and Medical Services’ (Article 37-2) in 2017, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) identified climate-sensitive health outcomes and 31 evaluation indicators that were collected in three categories: temperature (heat and cold waves), air quality, and infectious disease. The 31 indicators were analyzed over the past 10 years. KDCA developed the methodological framework to evaluate the health impact from climate change in 2018- 2020 and conducted the 1st climate health impact assessment in 2021. Data assessment sources included the
temperature-related illness surveillance data and national notifiable infectious disease surveillance of KDCA, the Statistics
Korea’s cause of death, National Health Information Database of the National Health Insurance Service, National Emergency Department Information System of the National Emergency Medical Center, and weather observation data from the Korea Meteorological Administration. As a result of the analysis, temperature related diseases caused by heat and cold waves continuously occurred in the past 10 years (2011-2020). In particular, temperature related deaths were more common in men and aged > 65 years. Over the past 10 years (2010-2019), excess mortality has estimated to have doubled due to the increased ozone concentration level in the atmosphere, and hospitalization rate due to intestinal infectious diseases has increased for 1.7 times during the same period. The first climate health impact assessment is meaningful in that it systematically evaluated the effects of climate change on the health of Korean. In the future, KDCA plans to continue the in-depth study on the effects of climate change on health impacts in vulnerable populations, to strengthen the production of scientific evidence for establishing national climate change adaptation measures
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KEYWORD
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Climate change, Climate health impact assessment, Heat and cold wave, Air quality, Infectious disease
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