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...Everyone has central heating, even in the South,” Schwartz said. “People have already become acclimated to the cold weather in their town, the right amount of central heating and clothing...
Where air conditioning use was most prevalent, however, was actually where mortality was the lowest on average. Schwartz said that it was those “hotter places” where acclimatization was strongest, resulting in the fewest number of heat-related deaths...
...can’t live in Houston or Orlando without air conditioning,” Schwartz said. “People are exposed a lot less to heat in other places. In Boston, everyone feels it. It’s 96 [degrees] in Atlanta and nobody feels...
...Schwartz further explained that the amount of central air conditioning in homes only explains part of the difference in seasonal temperature-related mortality, and that the study, which examined data from 1989 to 2000, was unable to determine the other factors that contribute to the mortality disparity in the summer and winter...
...That’s a U.S. result,” Schwartz said. “If you go to places where they don’t have heating, that’s a different story. This might not hold everywhere in the world...