Updated On: 20 May, 2022 12:28 PM IST | Sydney | IANS
For the study, the team led by researchers explored the association between temperature variability and mortality in 750 locations across 43 countries or regions. They found Asia, Australia, and New Zealand had a higher percentage excess in mortality than the global mean

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Deaths as a result of temperature variability accounted for 3.4 per cent of all deaths globally between 2000 and 2019, finds a study.
The study, published in journal The Lancet Planetary Health, revealed that unstable temperatures led to an average of 1.75 million deaths each year from 2000 to 2019.