Overall and cause-specific mortality rates among men and women with high exposure to indoor air pollution from the use of smoky and smokeless coal: a cohort study in Xuanwei, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Never-smoking women in Xuanwei (XW), China, have some of the highest lung cancer rates in the country. This has been attributed to the combustion of smoky coal used for indoor cooking and heating. The aim of this study was to evaluate the spectrum of cause-specific mortality in this unique population, including among those who use smokeless coal, considered 'cleaner' coal in XW, as this has not been well-characterised.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

XW, a rural region of China where residents routinely burn coal for indoor cooking and heating.

Participants

Age-adjusted, cause-specific mortality rates between 1976 and 2011 were calculated and compared among lifetime smoky and smokeless coal users in a cohort of 42 420 men and women from XW. Mortality ra

SUBMITTER: Nagaradona T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9667990 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature