Avoidable mortality due to long-term exposure to PM_2.5 in Colombia 2014-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare estimates of spatiotemporal variations of surface PM_2.5 concentrations in Colombia from 2014 to 2019 derived from two global air quality models, as well as to quantify the avoidable deaths attributable to the long-term exposure to concentrations above the current and projected Colombian standard for PM_2.5 annual mean at municipality level.

Methods

We retrieved PM_2.5 concentrations at the surface level from the ACAG and CAMSRA global air quality models for all 1,122 municipalities, and compare 28 of them with available concentrations from monitor stations. Annual mortality data 2014-2019 by municipality of residence and pooled effect measures for total, natural and specific causes of mortality were used to calculate the nu

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Villamizar LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9789551 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature