Temperature-related mortality in England and Wales under UKCP18 climate projections

Huang et al. 2022 provide daily temperature-related mortality estimates for ten NUTS 1 regions of England and Wales. The data spans the period from 1900 to 2099, based on UKCP18 climate projections under RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5 scenarios. The dataset was created by Wan Ting Katty Huang at University College London.

Use Cases

• Model future mortality risk based on projected daily mean temperatures.
• Compare health outcomes under different climate scenarios (RCP 2.6 vs. RCP 8.5).
• Analyze regional disparities in temperature-related mortality across England and Wales.
• Validate or extend epidemiological exposure-response relationships for temperature.

Strengths

• Data covers a long temporal range from 1900 to 2099.
• Includes projections for two distinct climate scenarios (RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5).
• Provides regional granularity across ten NUTS 1 regions.
• Is associated with a peer-reviewed publication in Environmental Research Letters.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The exposure-response relationships are extrapolated beyond present-day observations.

Provenance

Source

University College London

Collection Method

Estimates derived from UKCP18 climate model simulations and present-day observational exposure-response relationships.

Time Range

1900 to 2099

Geography

Ten NUTS 1 regions of England and Wales