Methods for Assessment of Burden of Climate Change-Related Diseases

Climate change has had significant impact on human health,with increased burden of disease,so,researches on impacts of climate change to population burden of disease appears to be particularly important.Most of the researches used the method of environmental burden of disease(EBD),which included the indicator of the disability adjusted life years(DALYs) and the application of comparative risk assessment methods(CRA).This paper reviewed the relevant researches both at home and abroad to find the methods for estimating aggregate disease burdens attributable to climate change.Three steps should be included in the study:(1) to calculate the DALYs of the baseline year,(2) to get the population attributable fraction(PAF) by the application of CRA methods.(3) attributable burden=PAF×total burden.