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More people die in winter cold waves than in hurricanes, tornadoes, or any other weather phenom/ena. Many of these deaths can be attributed to hypothermia - an abt normally low internal body temperature caused by exposure to cold.
At greatest risk are the elderly, who probably account for nearly half of all hypothermia victims. According to the Center for Envifonmtental Physiology, a national nonprofit research organization which studies and reports on the effects of Wsat and cold stress, tens of thousands of older Americans literally “freeze to d$ath” in their own horned each year. These deaths are a result of cool indoor temperatures, not prolonged exposure out-of-doors. Therefore, older adults in the nation’s sunbelt are. no less vulnerable than their northern cousins, although it is less expensive to heat tljeir homes. ^Factors such as living alone, low incomes, poor diet, other illnesses, lintited physical activity, and use of afiphol or certain types of prescription drugs place many older Americas at greater risk. Hypothermia c$i also worsen pre-existing conditions and diseases in older people. Miny deaths are initiated by hypothermia although another disease
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