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  2. Hypothermia - Wikipedia

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    A water temperature of 10 °C (50 °F) can lead to death in as little as one hour, and water temperatures near freezing can cause death in as little as 15 minutes. [37] During the sinking of the Titanic , most people who entered the −2 °C (28 °F) water died in 15–30 minutes.

  3. List of causes of death by rate - Wikipedia

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    (Paratyphoid fever) 0.3: 0.04%: −18.9 ... 11.3 Diabetes and kidney diseases ... the effects of malnutrition as an underlying cause. [15] The effects of malnutrition ...

  4. Health in Turkey - Wikipedia

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    In 2016 it was estimated that 13.2% of the population had diabetes and there is an increasing trend in the prevalence of diabetes. [35] The main cause of this could be the fact that over Nearly 2 in 3 Turks are overweight and that 1 in 3 are obese. Diabetes has been described as "one of the top priorities" for the Turkish government. [36]

  5. Chronic condition - Wikipedia

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    Chronic diseases constitute a major cause of mortality, and the World Health Organization (WHO) attributes 38 million deaths a year to non-communicable diseases. [5] In the United States approximately 40% of adults have at least two chronic conditions. [6] [7] Having more than one chronic condition is referred to as multimorbidity. [8]

  6. Obesity - Wikipedia

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    Obesity is a leading preventable cause of death worldwide, with increasing rates in adults and children. [18] In 2022, over 1 billion people lived with obesity worldwide (879 million adults and 159 million children), representing more than a double of adult cases (and four times higher than cases among children) registered in 1990.

  7. List of weather records - Wikipedia

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    Highest dew point temperature: A dew point of 35 °C (95 °F) — while the temperature was 42 °C (108 °F) — was observed at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, at 3:00 p.m. on 8 July 2003. [ 202 ] Highest heat index : In the observation above at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, the heat index ("feels like" temperature) was 81.1 °C (178.0 °F).

  8. Food insecurity and hunger in the United States - Wikipedia

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    These stores usually offer less nutritious foods, which causes dietary issues in food insecure populations, such as high rates of diabetes. [ 32 ] Research has expanded the definition of grocery store availability to food to include store quality, community acceptability, health and unhealthy food-marketing practices, product quality, and ...

  9. Wet-bulb temperature - Wikipedia

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    The wet-bulb temperature is the lowest temperature that may be achieved by evaporative cooling of a water-wetted, ventilated surface.. By contrast, the dew point is the temperature to which the ambient air must be cooled to reach 100% relative humidity assuming there is no further evaporation into the air; it is the temperature where condensation (dew) and clouds would form.