THE FIRST FINDINGS RELATED TO DETERMINATION OF THE RELATINSHIP BETWEEN NATURAL MORTALITY CASES AND BIOCLIMATIC COMFORT CONDITIONS IN CENTRAL DISTRICTS OF ŞANLIURFA PROVINCE (2013-2015)

Climate has important effects on many parts of our lives. The effects of climate are available directly or indirectly on human life, settlements, agriculture, tourism, trade, transportation, art, crime cases, human health and psychology and even natural mortality cases. For example, in hot and humid climate regions, excessive bacteria activities cause the appearance of tropical diseases, while respiratory system diseases such as asthma, bronchitis, tuberculosis and psychiatric diseases are commonly seen in climate regions which have prolonged cold winters and very cloudy atmosphere conditions. Changes occurring in climate and atmospheric conditions affect mortality cases. Many investigations have been made connected to the effects of changes, which occur on climatic components such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, atmospheric pressure. In this study, it is aimed to determine the relationship between natural mortality cases and bioclimatic comfort conditions in three central districts of Şanlıurfa Province in 2013-2015. This investigation is a first study that the relationship between bioclimatic comfort conditions and natural mortality case has been investigated using analytical methods. In the scope of the investigation, initially, bioclimatic comfort conditions of the central districts were determined by using PET (Physiological Equivalent Temperature Index) comfort indexes. Subsequently, correlation and regression analyses were conducted in order to determine the relationship between natural mortality cases and thermal comfort conditions. During the aforementioned study period, it was found that there were statistically significant relationships between the bioclimatic comfort conditions and natural mortality cases at daily, ten-days and monthly levels in the districts. The significant relationship was weak at daily and ten-day levels, while it was moderate at monthly levels.

Keywords

Şanlıurfa, Bioclimatic Comfort, Natural Mortality, Physiological Equivalent Temperature Index (PET)