2023 breaks record for heat-related deaths in Maricopa County
March 25, 2024
Last Wednesday, Maricopa County confirmed at least 645 people succumbed from heat-associated deaths in 2023.
The report found that out of those 645 people, at least two-thirds were over the age of 50, and many of them were experiencing homelessness.
The rate of heat-related deaths for Maricopa County in 2023 is 50% higher than it was in 2022, making for a second consecutive year of record-breaking deaths in the county associated with heat.
Dr. Nick Staab, Assistant Medical Director of Maricopa County Department of Public Health, joined Arizona Horizon to tell us more.
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