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Data availability
ERA5 temperature data are downloadable from https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era5. Vital statistics files with geographical information can be requested through submission of a proposal to the NCHS (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/nvss-restricted-data.htm).
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The computer code for the Bayesian model used in Parks et al.2 is available at http://globalenvhealth.org/code-data-download.
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R.M.P. and M.E. wrote the first draft of the paper. J.E.B., H.T.-W., V.K., R.T. and G.D. contributed to finalizing the paper.
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Parks, R.M., Bennett, J.E., Tamura-Wicks, H. et al. Reply to: Concerns over calculating injury-related deaths associated with temperature. Nat Med 26, 1827–1828 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-1114-y
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