Geospatial indicators of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity to assess neighbourhood variation in vulnerability to climate change-related health hazards

Table 1 Final indicators from systematic literature review where data was available

Exposure
Percentage of days per year over 25 degrees Celsius^d	Inland flooding and predicted sea-level rise^e	Extreme wildfire smoke^f	Ground-level ozone^d
Sensitivity
< 5 years old^a > 65 years old^a Cardiovascular diseases^b Respiratory diseases^b Renal diseases^b Mental health diseases^b General health^c Multiple chronic conditions^c	5 years old^a > 65 years old^a Mental health diseases^b Chronic lung diseases^b General health^c Multiple chronic diseases^c	5 years old^a > 19 years old^a Respiratory diseases^b Cardiovascular diseases^b Chronic health problems^c	< 19 years old^a > 65 years old^a Respiratory diseases^b Cardiovascular diseases^b Diabetes^b General health^c Multiple chronic conditions^c
Adaptive capacity
Low education^a Poverty* Visible minority status^a Indigenous status^a Poor housing condition^a High population density^a Impervious surfaces^d Living alone^a Heat response plans^g	Poor housing condition^a Poor access to transit^c High population density^a Weak social network^c Living alone^a Flood hazard planning and mitigation guidelines^h Evacuation and displacement plans^c	Low education^a Low income*^a Income inequality^d Females ^a Visible minority^a Indigenous status ^a Recent immigrants ^a Social support and community belonging^c	Poverty^d Low income^a Unemployed^a Visible minority status^a Indigenous status^a Immigrant status^a Nonurban^a Public transit use ^a Low fruit and vegetable intake^c

*Indicators were removed after first-stage PCA was run to eliminate one of two indicators of similar concepts ^aStatistics Canada, 2016 Census ^bChronic Disease Registry Dashboard, British Columbia Center for Disease Control (BCCDC), ^cMy Health, My Community Population Survey, Vancouver Coastal Health, ^dThe Canadian Urban Environmental Research Consortium, ^eCity of Vancouver, Fraser Basin Council ^fOptimized Statistical Smoke Exposure Model, BCCDC, ^gMunicipal Heat Response Planning in British Columbia, Canada Report, BCCDC, ^hThe Resilient-C Project and School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia

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