Correlation Analysis of PM 10 and the Incidence of Lung Cancer in Nanchang, China

Yi Zhou, Lianshui Li and Lei Hu
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Yi Zhou: College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Lianshui Li: College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Lei Hu: Agrometeorological Experiment Station of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330200, China

IJERPH, 2017, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-19

Abstract: Air pollution and lung cancer are closely related. In 2013, the World Health Organization listed outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic and regarded it as the most widespread carcinogen that humans are currently exposed to. Here, grey correlation and data envelopment analysis methods are used to determine the pollution factors causing lung cancer among residents in Nanchang, China, and identify population segments which are more susceptible to air pollution. This study shows that particulate matter with particle sizes below 10 micron (PM 10 ) is most closely related to the incidence of lung cancer among air pollution factors including annual mean concentrations of SO 2 , NO 2 , PM 10 , annual haze days, and annual mean Air Pollution Index/Air Quality Index (API/AQI). Air pollution has a greater impact on urban inhabitants as compared to rural inhabitants. When gender differences are considered, women are more likely to develop lung cancer due to air pollution. Smokers are more likely to suffer from lung cancer. These results provide a reference for the government to formulate policies to reduce air pollutant emissions and strengthen anti-smoking measures.

Keywords: PM10; air pollution; lung cancer; grey correlation; data envelopment analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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