{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Yu J"],"funding":["Wellcome Trust"],"pagination":["2900"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8910136"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["19(5)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Understanding and managing the impacts of population growth and densification are important steps for sustainable development. This study sought to evaluate the health trade-offs associated with increasing densification and to identify the optimal balance of neighbourhood densification for health.<h4>Methods</h4>We linked population density with a 27-year mortality dataset in Metro Vancouver that includes census-tract levels of life expectancy (LE), cause-specific mortalities, and area-level deprivation. We applied two methods: (1) difference-in-differences (DID) models to study the impacts of densification changes from the early 1990s on changes in mortality over a 27-year period; and (2) smoothed cubic splines to identify thresholds of densification at which mortality "],"journal":["International journal of environmental research and public health"],"pubmed_title":["Assessing Trade-Offs and Optimal Ranges of Density for Life Expectancy and 12 Causes of Mortality in Metro Vancouver, Canada, 1990-2016."],"pmcid":["PMC8910136"],"funding_grant_id":["209376/Z/17/Z"],"pubmed_authors":["Tran M","Brauer M","Gustafson P","Yu J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Assessing Trade-Offs and Optimal Ranges of Density for Life Expectancy and 12 Causes of Mortality in Metro Vancouver, Canada, 1990-2016.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Understanding and managing the impacts of population growth and densification are important steps for sustainable development. This study sought to evaluate the health trade-offs associated with increasing densification and to identify the optimal balance of neighbourhood densification for health.<h4>Methods</h4>We linked population density with a 27-year mortality dataset in Metro Vancouver that includes census-tract levels of life expectancy (LE), cause-specific mortalities, and area-level deprivation. We applied two methods: (1) difference-in-differences (DID) models to study the impacts of densification changes from the early 1990s on changes in mortality over a 27-year period; and (2) smoothed cubic splines to identify thresholds of densification at which mortality ","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Mar","modification":"2025-09-01T03:14:42.287Z","creation":"2025-04-05T20:48:47.726Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8910136","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35270597"],"doi":["10.3390/ijerph19052900"]}}