Replication data for: temperature and respiratory mortality in Brazil: daily municipality-level dataset (2010-2020)

Main Variables Municipality code (IBGE 6-digit) Date of observation Daily respiratory deaths (ICD-10: J00-J99) Daily mean, minimum, and maximum temperature (°C) Relative humidity (%) Daily precipitation (mm) Annual population estimate Day of week and national holiday indicator Associated Publication This dataset supports the manuscript: "The impact of extreme temperatures on respiratory mortality in Brazil: assessing regional adaptations to different thermal environments" submitted to PLOS Climate (2026).

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Methods

Data were analyzed using Distributed Lag Non-linear Models (DLNM) with quasi-Poisson regression at the municipality level, followed by random-effects meta-analysis to obtain pooled national and regional estimates of temperature-mortality associations. Ethics Statement This study used aggregated, anonymized secondary data publicly available through DATASUS and IBGE. No individual-level identifiable data were used.

According to Brazilian National Health Council Resolution 510/2016, research using publicly available aggregated data is exempt from Research Ethics Committee approval.