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Model calculated global, regional and megacity premature mortality due to air pollution |
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J. Lelieveld  , C. Barlas, D. Giannadaki, A. Pozzer |
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Englisch
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| ISSN |
1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 13, no. 14 ; Nr. 13, no. 14 (2013-07-24), S.7023-7037 |
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250018778
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/acp-13-7023-2013.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Air pollution by fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and
ozone (O3) has increased strongly with industrialization and
urbanization. We estimate the premature mortality rates and the years of
human life lost (YLL) caused by anthropogenic PM2.5 and O3 in 2005
for epidemiological regions defined by the World Health Organization (WHO).
This is based upon high-resolution global model calculations that resolve
urban and industrial regions in greater detail compared to previous work.
Results indicate that 69% of the global population is exposed to an
annual mean anthropogenic PM2.5 concentration of >10 μg m−3
(WHO guideline) and 33% to > 25 μg m−3 (EU directive). We applied an epidemiological health impact
function and find that especially in large countries with extensive suburban
and rural populations, air pollution-induced mortality rates have been
underestimated given that previous studies largely focused on the urban
environment. We calculate a global respiratory mortality of about 773 thousand/year (YLL ≈ 5.2 million/year), 186 thousand/year by lung
cancer (YLL ≈ 1.7 million/year) and 2.0 million/year by
cardiovascular disease (YLL ≈ 14.3 million/year). The global mean
per capita mortality caused by air pollution is about 0.1% yr−1. The
highest premature mortality rates are found in the Southeast Asia and
Western Pacific regions (about 25% and 46% of the global rate,
respectively) where more than a dozen of the most highly polluted megacities
are located. |
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