Index of weather variability and cerebrovascular disease mortality in Sofia

Abstract

The present article presents the results of a fi ve-year research (2001-2005) on the infl uence of the abrupt weather changes calculated by the Index of weather variability provided by V. I. Rusanov on the cerebrovascular disease mortality in the city of Sofi a. Our fi ndings didn’t point towards a signifi cant infl uence of the abrupt weather changes on the mortality related to cerebrovascular diseases. Possible reasons for that had been discussed. The slight discrepancy between these results and the data obtained from the literature makes necessary the further precision of our research on the infl uence of the abrupt weather changes on cerebrovascular disease mortality, as these are expected to become more frequent, given the currently observed climate changes on a global scale.