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Mortality, Temperature and Public Health Provision: Evidence from Mexico Cohen, François Dechezleprêtre, Antoine Política sanitària Creixement econòmic Mortalitat Mèxic Medical policy Economic growth Mortality Mexico We examine the impact of temperature on mortality in Mexico using daily data over the period 1998-2017 and find that 3.8 percent of deaths in Mexico are caused by suboptimal temperature (26,000 every year). However, 92 percent of weather-related deaths are induced by cold (<12 degrees C) or mildly cold (12-20 degrees C) days and only 2 percent by outstandingly hot days (>32 degrees C). Furthermore, temperatures are twice as likely to kill people in the bottom half of the income distribution. Finally, we show causal evidence that the Seguro Popular, a universal health care policy, has saved at least 1,600 lives per year from cold weather since 2004. 2022-06-08T10:42:47Z 2022-06-08T10:42:47Z 2022-05-01 2022-06-08T10:42:47Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20180594 American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2022, vol. 14, num. 2, p. 161-192 https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20180594 (c) American Economic Association, 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess American Economic Association Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)