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Adapting to Extreme Heat Events: Guidelines for Assessing Health Vulnerability

Figure 4: Assessment of Vulnerability to Extreme Heat in California

A map of California State displays proportional circles representing the number of deaths recorded for each county (not labelled). The map is also color graded from light yellow to dark brown. The darker the color, the higher the temperature (49°C/121°F). There are three sizes of circles: large circles for 10 deaths, medium circles for 5 deaths, and small circles for 1 death. The map shows several large circles located inland throughout mid-central California, and a few middle circles inland in southern California. These areas are also medium to dark brown. This illustrates that more deaths occurred in counties that experienced high temperatures.