Between May and September 2023, around 2,800 people in South Korea were diagnosed with heat-related illnesses as reported by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). This was more than 1,000 cases compared to the previous year. The summer of 2018 saw a major heatwave across Northeast Asia, leading to an abnormally high amount of patients suffering from heat-related diseases.
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KCDC (Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is running the heat-related illnesses (HRI) surveillance system to monitor heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramp, heat syncope, and heat edema from the heat wave through a nationwide network of hospitals since 2011.
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Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. (October 1, 2023). Number of patients suffering from heat related diseases in South Korea from 2011 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/887328/south-korea-patients-with-heat-related-illnesses/
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. "Number of patients suffering from heat related diseases in South Korea from 2011 to 2023." Chart. October 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/887328/south-korea-patients-with-heat-related-illnesses/
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. (2023). Number of patients suffering from heat related diseases in South Korea from 2011 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/887328/south-korea-patients-with-heat-related-illnesses/
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. "Number of Patients Suffering from Heat Related Diseases in South Korea from 2011 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/887328/south-korea-patients-with-heat-related-illnesses/
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Number of patients suffering from heat related diseases in South Korea from 2011 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/887328/south-korea-patients-with-heat-related-illnesses/ (last visited July 21, 2024)
Number of patients suffering from heat related diseases in South Korea from 2011 to 2023 [Graph], Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, October 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/887328/south-korea-patients-with-heat-related-illnesses/
