Premature Deaths Attributable to Long-term Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter in the Republic of Korea
| العنوان: | Premature Deaths Attributable to Long-term Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter in the Republic of Korea |
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| المؤلفون: | In-Hwan Oh, Jaehyun Park, Jong Hun Kim, Hae-Kwan Cheong |
| المصدر: | Journal of Korean Medical Science |
| بيانات النشر: | The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, 010501 environmental sciences, 01 natural sciences, complex mixtures, Air Quality, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Environmental health, Air Pollution, Republic of Korea, Premature Deaths, Medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prospective Studies, Risk factor, Mortality, Prospective cohort study, Stroke, Disease burden, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Cause of death, Air Pollutants, business.industry, Mortality, Premature, Hazard ratio, Preventive Medicine, Occupation & Environmental Medicine, General Medicine, Environmental Exposure, Particulates, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, Editorial, Female, Original Article, Particulate Matter, business, Environmental Health |
| الوصف: | Background Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is the major environmental health risk factor in Korea. Exposure to PM2.5 has been a growing public concern nationwide. With the rapid aging of the Korean population, the health effects attributable to long-term exposure to PM2.5 were expected to increase further in the future. We aimed to estimate premature deaths attributable to long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 in Korea. Methods A modelled estimation of long-term exposure to PM2.5 was used to calculate the nationwide exposure level. Hazard ratios of long-term exposure to PM2.5 were obtained from a large prospective cohort study in North America. Modified cause of death (CoD) data, which applied the garbage code reclassification algorithm, were used to calculate premature deaths attributable to long-term exposure to PM2.5. Results From 1990 to 2013, the average population-weighted PM2.5 concentration in Korea was 30.2 μg/m3. The estimated number of premature deaths was 17,203 (95% confidence interval [CI], 11,056–22,772). The most common CoD was ischemic stroke (5,382; 3,101–7,403), followed by cancer of trachea, bronchus, and lung (4,958; 2,857–6,820), hemorrhagic stroke (3,452; 1,989–4,748), and ischemic heart disease (3,432; 1,383–5,358). Conclusion Premature deaths due to long-term exposure to PM2.5 accounted for 6.4% of all deaths in Korea. However, individual efforts alone cannot prevent the effects of air pollution. This disease burden study can serve as a basis for the establishment of government policies and budgets and can be used to assess the effectiveness of environmental health policies. Graphical Abstract |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1598-6357 1011-8934 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::4afc177a4d6decc8bda6e8afde98cd10Test http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6125317Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....4afc177a4d6decc8bda6e8afde98cd10 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15986357 10118934 |
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