Do more Europeans die from heat than Americans from guns, as discussed on Joe Rogan #2574?

On Joe Rogan #2574 a guest guessed that summer heat kills more Europeans than guns kill Americans, and producer Jamie's search backed it up. One estimate put European heat-related deaths at 61,672 in a single summer, against more than 48,000 US firearm deaths that year, a CDC figure that includes suicides. Rogan then asked about cold, and the search returned about 364,000 cold deaths a year across 30 European countries, a 2024 study's average for 1991 to 2020. The guests blamed high energy prices for pensioners unable to heat their homes.

• The guests said most British homes lack air conditioning and are built to hold heat in.
• The guests said Britain saw days of 37 to 40 °C this year, against a usual summer high near 70 °F.

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on The Joe Rogan Experience (2026-10-31). Read the whole episode summary →

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