Regional Distribution and Characteristics of Heat-Related Illnesses in the Capital Region in 2025: Focusing on Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi, Gangwon
Sun-jin Nho, Soon-Ryu Seo, Hyun-kyung Oh, 선진 노, 순려 서, 현경 오 · 2026
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Sun-jin Nho and five colleagues chart heat-related illness across South Korea's capital region in the summer of 2025, using emergency department reports collected from mid-May to late September. The study area, Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi, and Gangwon, contributed 212 of the 516 hospitals in the national surveillance system, and cases were sorted by where symptoms began.
The region recorded 1,808 cases and 11 suspected deaths, about 40% of the national caseload. Growth outpaced the country as a whole: Seoul's cases jumped by 60.9% in a year, Incheon rose by 36.6% over the same span, and Gyeonggi climbed 27.5%, all against a national rise of about a fifth. Age patterns differed by province, with over-65s forming the largest share in Seoul at 37.6%, while working-age adults dominated in Gyeonggi.
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| CREATOR | Sun-jin Nho, Soon-Ryu Seo, Hyun-kyung Oh, 선진 노, 순려 서, 현경 오 |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28622 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |