QuickStats: Number of Hypothermia-Related Deaths,* by Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States,† 1999–2011§

	MMWR Weekly Volume 61, Nos. 51 & 52

QuickStats: Number of Hypothermia-Related Deaths,* by Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States,† 1999–2011§

Weekly

January 4, 2013 / 61(51);1050

* Deaths attributed to exposure to excessive natural cold as underlying and contributing causes of death, which were coded as X31, T68, and T69 according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision.

† U.S. residents only.

§ Data for 2011 are preliminary.

From 1999 to 2011, a total of 16,911 deaths in the United States, an average of 1,301 per year, were associated with exposure to excessive natural cold. The highest yearly total of hypothermia-related deaths (1,536) was in 2010 and the lowest (1,058) in 2006. Approximately 67% of hypothermia-related deaths were among males.

Source: National Vital Statistics System. Mortality public use data files, 1999–2010. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/vitalstatsonline.htm.

Reported by: Jiaquan Xu, MD, jax4@cdc.gov, 301-458-4086.

Alternate Text: The figure above shows the number of hypothermia-related deaths, by sex, in the United States during 1999-2011. From 1999 to 2011, a total of 16,911 deaths in the United States, an average of 1,301 per year, were associated with exposure to excessive natural cold. The highest yearly total of hypothermia-related deaths (1,536) was in 2010 and the lowest (1,058) in 2006. Approximately 67% of hypothermia-related deaths were among males.