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How climate change affects the health of men and women

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Gender most affected

  • Male
  • Female
  • No difference

Climate change impact

  • Death and injury from extreme weather
  • Food insecurity
  • Infectious disease
  • Mental illness
  • Poor reproductive and maternal health

Studies

130

Data source: Global Gender and Climate Alliance (2016). Additional analysis by Carbon Brief.

Global and regional studies

Global study finding extreme weather events kill more women than men

Global

  • Death and injury from extreme weather
  • Gender most affected: Female

A study of 141 countries over two decades finding women are more likely to be killed by extreme weather events than men.

Source: Neumayer & Plümper (2007)

Global study finding poorer women are most affected by extreme weather events

Global

  • Death and injury from extreme weather
  • Gender most affected: Female

A study of 85 developing countries finding women are more likely to be affected by extreme weather in countries where their economic status is poorer.

Source: Austin & McKinney (2016)

Study finding women in European cities are more likely to die during heatwaves than men

Europe

  • Death and injury from extreme weather
  • Gender most affected: Female

A study of nine European cities, including London, Paris and Rome, finding that women are more likely to die during heatwaves than men.

Source: D'Ippoliti et al. (2010)

A study in Bangladesh and Ethiopia finding that girls and women were particularly at risk of death during disasters

Bangladesh/Ethiopia

  • Death and injury from extreme weather
  • Gender most affected: Female

A study in Bangladesh and Ethiopia finding that "more girls and women are dying during disasters", as well as facing early and forced marriages, sexual violence and curtailment of education.

Source: Swarup et al. (2011)

Study of 19 African countries finding climate change is affecting newborn birth weight

Africa (19 countries)

  • Poor reproductive and maternal health
  • Gender most affected: Female

A study in 19 African countries from 1986-2010 finding changes to hot days and rainfall are associated with changes to birth weights for newborns.

Source: Grace et al. (2015)

Study finding men are more likely than women to die in floods in the US and Europe

Europe/US

  • Death and injury from extreme weather
  • Gender most affected: Male

A study of 13 floods across Europe and the US finding men are more likely to die in these events than women.

Source: Jonkman & Kelman (2005)

Study finding men in southeast Asia are more affected by dengue fever

Southeast Asia

  • Infectious disease
  • Gender most affected: Male


A study of six countries in Asia, including Sri Lanka, Laos and Singapore, finding 57-62% of dengue fever cases are male.

Source: Anker & Arima (2011)

Study finding no gender difference in heat-related deaths in Latin America

Latin America

  • Death and injury from extreme weather
  • Gender most affected: No difference

A study in São Paulo, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; and Mexico City, Mexico finding no signficant difference in heatwave-related deaths between men and women.

Source: Bell et al. (2008)

Study finding no gender difference in hunger after climate shocks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

Kenya/Uganda/Tanzania

  • Food insecurity
  • Gender most affected: No difference

A study finding women were no likelthan men to reduce their food intake following climate shocks across 600 households in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

Source: Silvestri et al. (2015)

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