Short-Term Effects of Ambient Air Pollution on Hospitalization for Respiratory Disease in Taiyuan, China: A Time-Series Analysis

Lisha Luo, Yunquan Zhang, Junfeng Jiang, Hanghang Luan, Chuanhua Yu, Peihong Nan, Bin Luo and Mao You
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Lisha Luo: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
Yunquan Zhang: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
Junfeng Jiang: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
Hanghang Luan: Department of Forensic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
Chuanhua Yu: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
Peihong Nan: Institute of Health Administration, Shanxi, Taiyuan 030006, China
Bin Luo: Ddata Technology Co. LTD, Wuhan 430000, China
Mao You: National Health Development Research Center, Beijing 100191, China

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-14

Abstract: In this study, we estimated the short-term effects of ambient air pollution on respiratory disease hospitalization in Taiyuan, China. Daily data of respiratory disease hospitalization, daily concentration of ambient air pollutants and meteorological factors from 1 October 2014 to 30 September 2017 in Taiyuan were included in our study. We conducted a time-series study design and applied a generalized additive model to evaluate the association between every 10-μg/m 3 increment of air pollutants and percent increase of respiratory disease hospitalization. A total of 127,565 respiratory disease hospitalization cases were included in this study during the present period. In single-pollutant models, the effect values in multi-day lags were greater than those in single-day lags. PM 2.5 at lag02 days, SO 2 at lag03 days, PM 10 and NO 2 at lag05 days were observed to be strongly and significantly associated with respiratory disease hospitalization. No significant association was found between O 3 and respiratory disease hospitalization. SO 2 and NO 2 were still significantly associated with hospitalization after adjusting for PM 2.5 or PM 10 into two-pollutant models. Females and younger population for respiratory disease were more vulnerable to air pollution than males and older groups. Therefore, some effective measures should be taken to strengthen the management of the ambient air pollutants, especially SO 2 and NO 2 , and to enhance the protection of the high-risk population from air pollutants, thereby reducing the burden of respiratory disease caused by ambient air pollution.

Keywords: air pollution; hospitalization; respiratory disease; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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