Exposure to concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and risk of mortality in North Carolina, USA.

ABSTRACT: Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) have emerged as an environmental justice issue due to disproportionate siting in low-income and minority communities. However, CAFOs' impact on health is not fully understood. We examined risk of cause-specific mortality associated with CAFOs in North Carolina (NC) for 2000-2017 and health disparities. We obtained data on individual-level cause-specific mortality and on permitted animal facilities. We estimated associations between exposure to CAFOs and cause-specific mortality using logistic regression, controlling for demographics (e.g., age) and area-level covariates. To estimate exposure to CAFOs, we considered (1) a binary indicator (presence or absence) of CAFOs within a buffer around individual residence based on several buffer sizes, a

SUBMITTER: Son JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8530906 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature