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Affects of climate change on patients' health according to physicians 2015

Percentage of U.S. physicians who believed their patients' health was currently being affected by climate change in select ways as of 2015

The data describes the percentage of physicians in the United States who believed their patient's health was currently being affected by climate change according to a survey finished in 2015. It was found that 45% of surveyed physicians felt their patients' health was currently being affected by climate change through heat effects.

Air pollution-related	76
Allergic symptoms	63
Injuries due to storms, etc.	57
Heat effects	45
Vector-borne infections (e.g., infections spread by mosquitoes or ticks)	40
Diarrhea from food or water infections	29
Mental health	40

Affects of climate change on patients' health according to physicians 2015

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