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Adapting to Extreme Heat Events: Guidelines for Assessing Health Vulnerability

Figure 5: Association between non-traumatic daily deaths and maximum daily temperatures in Winnipeg from 1986 to 2005

A mortality curve for Winnipeg shows the relationship between heat and deaths. The daily maximum temperature in degrees Celsius is on the bottom of the graph (x-axis) and number of deaths measured in terms of relative mortality (%) is along the side (y-axis). The amount of deaths related to heat increases above 100% at about 27 degrees. This is with a 95% confidence interval.