Data and code for: "Mortality, Temperature and Public Health Provision: Evidence from 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 (&lt;12°C) or mildly cold (12-20°C) days and only 2 percent by outstandingly hot days (&gt;32°C). Furthermore, temperatures are twice more likely to kill people in the bottom half of the income distribution. Finally, we show causal evidence that the Seguro Popular, a universal healthcare policy, has saved at least 1,600 lives per year from cold weather since 2004.<br>