Temperature, ozone, and mortality in urban and non-urban counties in the northeastern United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most health effects studies of ozone and temperature have been performed in urban areas, due to the available monitoring data. We used observed and interpolated data to examine temperature, ozone, and mortality in 91 urban and non-urban counties.

Methods

Ozone measurements were extracted from the Environmental Protection Agency's Air Quality System. Meteorological data were supplied by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Observed data were spatially interpolated to county centroids. Daily internal-cause mortality counts were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics (1988-1999). A two-stage Bayesian hierarchical model was used to estimate each county's increase in mortality risk from temperature and ozone. We examined county-level associati

SUBMITTER: Madrigano J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4417233 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature