Geographic and socioeconomic disparities in mortality burden attributable to long-term exposure to NO <sub>2</sub> across 231 cities in China from 2015 to 2019
Research on geographic and socioeconomic disparities of NO<sub>2</sub> attributed mortality burden is limited. This study aims to quantify the geographic and socioeconomic differences in the association between long-term exposure to NO<sub>2</sub> and mortality burden in China. We estimated the all-cause mortality burden of adults over 16 years old attributable to NO<sub>2</sub> exposure above 10 µg/m<sup>3</sup> for 231 Chinese cities from 2015 to 2019, and geographic and socioeconomic differences . Attributed fraction (AF), attributed deaths (AD), attributed mortality rate (AMR) and total value of statistical life lost (VSL) were used as the mortality burden measurements. Between 2015 and 2019, we estimated 1356.3 thousand deaths (95% CI: 513.7-2050.7) attributed to NO<sub>2</sub> exposure above 10 µg/m<sup>3</sup> per year and VSL of 958.2 billion USD (95% CI: 362.9-1448.8). Cities in the northern region, cities with high levels of GDP per capita (PGDP) and urbanization suffered the highest mortality burden and corresponding economic loss. Consequently, significant geographic and socioeconomic disparities of NO<sub>2</sub> attributed mortality burden exist across cities in China.
Authors
- Shijia Yuan
- Kun Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8408-0826)
- Xiaohui Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3487-756X)
- Suzanne Mavoa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6071-2988)
- Jun Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8049-4746)
- Haifeng Shan
- Rongbin Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1906-8614)
- Yang Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6011-5948)
- Yukun Shi
- Wenhui Gao
- Yang Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8864-960X)
- Tingting Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5405-7051)
- Guangcheng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9104-337X)
- Hongyu Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6807-1874)
- Yuming Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1766-6592)
- Haiyun Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8082-6122)
- Luyang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4288-453X)
- Chunlei Han
Institutions
- Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Binzhou Medical University (CN)
- Shandong University of Aeronautics (CN)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Peking University (CN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (AU)
- Xian Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- The Fourth People's Hospital of Zibo City (CN)
- China Institute of Finance and Capital Markets (CN)
- Shandong Mental Health Center (CN)
- Yangzhou Polytechnic Institute (CN)
- Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (TW)
- George Institute for Global Health (CN)
- Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority (AU)
- Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Environmental Protection Authority
- Monash University (AU)
- Beihang University (CN)
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (CN)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Environmental Health Research
- Published
- 2024-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2024.2446522
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00