PMID: 24360101Dec 24, 2013Paper

Evaluation of excess mortality caused by PM2.5 in four typical Chinese big cities

Zhonghua yi xue za zhi
Guo Xing Li, Xiaochuan Pan

Abstract

To evaluate the adverse effects of particulate matter ≤ 2.5 µm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) on public health in four typical cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xi'an. Daily health and meteorological data (including ambient temperature and relative humidity) were collected in the past several years. For the relative risk of PM2.5 effects on mortalities, generalized additive model (GAM) was used to obtain the exposure-response coefficients between PM2.5 and non-accidental mortalities after controlling time trend, week effects and meteorological factors. Then excess mortalities were calculated according to coefficients, health data and air pollution level. The relative risks of PM2.5 effects on mortalities were 1.0027(1.0010-1.0044), 1.0020 (1.0007-1.0033) , 1.0056 (1.0022-1.0091), 1.0036 (1.0011-1.0061) for Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai, Guangzhou respectively. Compared with relative risks in northern cities (Beijing and Xi'an), relative risks in southern cities (Shanghai and Guangzhou) were higher. The numbers of excess mortalities caused by PM2.5 in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an were 2349, 2980, 1715, 726 and accounted for 1.9%, 1.6%, 2.2% and 1.6% of the total death number in 2010 respectively. Although relative heal...Continue Reading

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