Particulate matter air pollution and national and county life expectancy loss in the USA: A spatiotemporal analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exposure to fine particulate matter pollution (PM2.5) is hazardous to health. Our aim was to directly estimate the health and longevity impacts of current PM2.5 concentrations and the benefits of reductions from 1999 to 2015, nationally and at county level, for the entire contemporary population of the contiguous United States.

Methods and findings

We used vital registration and population data with information on sex, age, cause of death, and county of residence. We used four Bayesian spatiotemporal models, with different adjustments for other determinants of mortality, to directly estimate mortality and life expectancy loss due to current PM2.5 pollution and the benefits of reductions since 1999, nationally and by county. The covariates included in the adjusted

SUBMITTER: Bennett JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6650052 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature