Estimating Intra-Urban Inequities in PM_2.5-Attributable Health Impacts: A Case Study for Washington, DC.

ABSTRACT: Air pollution levels are uneven within cities, contributing to persistent health disparities between neighborhoods and population sub-groups. Highly spatially resolved information on pollution levels and disease rates is necessary to characterize inequities in air pollution exposure and related health risks. We leverage recent advances in deriving surface pollution levels from satellite remote sensing and granular data in disease rates for one city, Washington, DC, to assess intra-urban heterogeneity in fine particulate matter (PM_2.5)- attributable mortality and morbidity. We estimate PM_2.5-attributable cases of all-cause mortality, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischemic heart disease, lung cancer, stroke, and asthma emergency department (ED) visits using epi

SUBMITTER: Castillo MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8574205 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature