Dallas County Health and Human Services Heat-Related Illness Surveillance Report Week 26 ending July 4, 2015 Figure 1. Reported Heat-Related Illness (HRI) by Type Week Ending MMWR Week Heat Cramps Heat Exhaustion 5/9 18 0 2 5/16 19 0 1 5/23 20 0 1 5/30 21 1 0 6/6 22 4 8 6/13 23 5 6 6/20 24 3 4 6/27 25 8 11 7/4 26 5 6 Total YTD Heat Stroke 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 10 Deaths* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Heat-Related Illnesses 4 1 1 1 12 15 8 22 11 75 Figure 2. HRI Reports by Gender and Age Figure 3. Daily Temperatures versus Heat-Related Illness Reports in Dallas County Peak temperatures forecasted for this weekend are in the upper 90sºF with overnight lows predicted to be in the upper 70sºF. Data obtained from hospitals participating in the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) from May 3, 2015 through the present. Depicted are the numbers of patients presenting to Emergency Departments in Dallas County hospitals with heat-related chief complaints. Data also obtained from reports received from Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office. *Includes only deaths which have been confirmed by Medical Examiner’s office as heat-related. 26 39