Heat-Related Illness

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Heat-related illnesses and deaths are preventable. Each year hundreds of people in Shelby County visit a hospital emergency department (ED) for heat stress, heat stroke, or other illness related to exposure.

Shelby County Health Department tracks data related to heat-related ED visits within the county. The data is obtained from the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics National Syndromic Surveillance (ESSENCE-NSSP). All but 1 of the 12 EDs in Shelby County submit data to ESSENCE-NSSP. This surveillance data provides a snapshot of reported heat-related illnesses in the community and the reported maximum heat index for the corresponding day. This data does not reflect heat-related illnesses of persons who did not seek treatment at an ED. This data is updated weekly.

Heat index data is obtained from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).

Date	Daily ED Visits for HRI
6/1/2023	<5
6/2/2023	5
6/3/2023	<5
6/4/2023	<5
6/5/2023	<5
6/6/2023	<5
6/7/2023	<5
6/8/2023	<5
6/9/2023	<5
6/10/2023	<5
6/11/2023	<5
6/12/2023	<5
6/13/2023	0
6/14/2023	<5
6/15/2023	<5
6/16/2023	<5
6/17/2023	<5
6/18/2023	<5
6/19/2023	<5
6/20/2023	<5
6/21/2023	<5
6/22/2023	7
6/23/2023	7
6/24/2023	<5
6/25/2023	9
6/26/2023	10
6/27/2023	7
6/28/2023	12
6/29/2023	27
6/30/2023	42
7/1/2023	27
7/2/2023	14
7/3/2023	11
7/4/2023	7
7/5/2023	8
7/6/2023	6
7/7/2023	8
7/8/2023	<5
7/9/2023	0
7/10/2023	5
7/11/2023	5
7/12/2023	6
7/13/2023	8
7/14/2023	<5
7/15/2023	6
7/16/2023	12
7/17/2023	17
7/18/2023	11
7/19/2023	21
7/20/2023	21
7/21/2023	5
7/22/2023	<5
7/23/2023	<5
7/24/2023	8
7/25/2023	8
7/26/2023	5
7/27/2023	7
7/28/2023	16
7/29/2023	26
7/30/2023	<5
7/31/2023	6
8/1/2023	6
8/2/2023	10
8/3/2023	13
8/4/2023	7
8/5/2023	16
8/6/2023	9
8/7/2023	0
8/8/2023	5
8/9/2023	<5
8/10/2023	<5
8/11/2023	16
8/12/2023	7
8/13/2023	12
8/14/2023	9
8/15/2023	<5
8/16/2023	<5
8/17/2023	<5
8/18/2023	<5
8/19/2023	8
8/20/2023	8
8/21/2023	16
8/22/2023	11
8/23/2023	16
8/24/2023	27
8/25/2023	18
8/26/2023	18
8/27/2023	<5
8/28/2023	5
8/29/2023	5
8/30/2023	<5
8/31/2023	0
9/1/2023	6
9/2/2023	<5
9/3/2023	<5
9/4/2023	8
9/5/2023	5
9/6/2023	<5
9/7/2023	0
9/8/2023	<5
9/9/2023	<5
9/10/2023	<5
9/11/2023	0
9/12/2023	<5
9/13/2023	0
9/14/2023	0
9/15/2023	<5
9/16/2023	<5
9/17/2023	<5
9/18/2023	0
9/19/2023	0
9/20/2023	0
9/21/2023	0
9/22/2023	<5
9/23/2023	<5
9/24/2023	0
9/25/2023	0
9/26/2023	<5
9/27/2023	<5
9/28/2023	0
9/29/2023	<5
9/30/2023	<5