Increasing life expectancy in China by achieving its 2025 air quality target.

ABSTRACT: China is striving to build a "Beautiful China" characterized by clean air. The country has committed to further reducing its national mean fine particle (PM_2.5) concentration by 10% from 2020 to 2025, following the substantial improvements in its air quality during the past decade. Meanwhile, the "Healthy China" mission has pledged to increase the national mean life expectancy by one year during the same period. Yet, to what extent will the "Beautiful China" mission contribute to the "Healthy China" vision by reducing the levels of the detrimental PM_2.5 is still unclear. Here, by coupling the life table approach and an epidemiological concentration-response model, this study quantifies the potential benefits of achieving China's 2025 air quality target on the national

SUBMITTER: Zheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9500367 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature