Solid fuel use for household cooking: country and regional estimates for 1980-2010.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exposure to household air pollution from cooking with solid fuels in simple stoves is a major health risk. Modeling reliable estimates of solid fuel use is needed for monitoring trends and informing policy.

Objectives

In order to revise the disease burden attributed to household air pollution for the Global Burden of Disease 2010 project and for international reporting purposes, we estimated annual trends in the world population using solid fuels.

Methods

We developed a multilevel model based on national survey data on primary cooking fuel.

Results

The proportion of households relying mainly on solid fuels for cooking has decreased from 62% (95% CI: 58, 66%) to 41% (95% CI: 37, 44%) between 1980 and 2010. Yet because of population growth, the actual

SUBMITTER: Bonjour S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3701999 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature