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Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in Maine

Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in Maine. Dr. Dora Anne Mills, MD, MPH Director, Maine Center for Disease Control. ↑ Heat-related morbidity and mortality. ↑ V ector-borne diseases (Lyme, EEE, West Nile). ↑ Air temperatures Warmer winters Hotter summers More heat waves.

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Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in Maine

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  1. Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in Maine Dr. Dora Anne Mills, MD, MPH Director, Maine Center for Disease Control

  2. ↑Heat-related morbidity and mortality ↑Vector-borne diseases (Lyme, EEE, West Nile) • ↑ Air temperatures • Warmer winters • Hotter summers • More heat waves ↑ Pollen, Ozone CLIMATE CHANGE ↑ Asthma ↑ Water temperatures ↑Frequency of severe storms, flooding ↑Frequency of waterborne disease outbreaks (crypto, E. coli, giardiasis) ↑ Precipitation ↑ Algal blooms (Red tide, cyanobacteria)

  3. Vector Borne Disease Lyme Disease Eastern Equine Encephalitis West Nile Virus

  4. Lyme Disease in Maine Lyme Disease Incidence in Maine has been Increasing

  5. Lyme Disease in Maine 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Lyme Disease is becoming more widespread in Maine

  6. Mosquito. Image: Maine-CDC Horses in a field, Biddeford, ME Image: dinidesign, Flickr Eastern Equine Encephalitis • First identified in ME in 2005 • One horse death and one human death (a visitor to Maine) in 2008 • 15 horses, 1 llama, 3 flocks of pheasants, and 2 mosquito pools diagnosed with EEE in 2009

  7. Eastern Equine EncephalitisPositive Animals 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

  8. Mosquito. Image: Maine-CDC West Nile Virus • No human cases identified in Maine • Bird monitoring – ended in 2007 • Mosquito monitoring

  9. 2002 2006 2001 2005 2004 2003 West Nile VirusPositive Birds

  10. Heat Related Morbidity

  11. Air Pollution

  12. Daily percent change in ED asthma-related visits for Greater Portland HSA area for 10 ppb changeIn ozone levels 40% 30% 20% 16% % change in ED 14% Visits, per 10 ppb 10% 9% Ozone 6% 0% -10% -10% -20% -30% 2000 2001 2002 2003 2000-2003 (4) (14) (17) (5) Air Pollution

  13. Severe storms & flooding

  14. Harmful Algal Blooms

  15. Public Health Infrastructure Eight Public Health Districts  28 Healthy Maine Partnerships

  16. Adapting to Climate Change It's not enough to be busy. The question is: What are we busy about?- Henry David Thoreau

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