Impacts of Air Pollution on Health and Cost of Illness in Jakarta, Indonesia

Ginanjar Syuhada, Adhadian Akbar, Donny Hardiawan, Vivian Pun, Adi Darmawan, Sri Hayyu Alynda Heryati, Adiatma Yudistira Manogar Siregar, Ririn Radiawati Kusuma, Raden Driejana, Vijendra Ingole, Daniel Kass and Sumi Mehta ()
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Ginanjar Syuhada: Environmental, Climate, and Urban Health Division, Vital Strategies, Singapore 068807, Singapore
Adhadian Akbar: Center for Economics and Development Studies, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung 40115, Indonesia
Donny Hardiawan: Center for Economics and Development Studies, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung 40115, Indonesia
Vivian Pun: Environmental, Climate, and Urban Health Division, Vital Strategies, Singapore 068807, Singapore
Adi Darmawan: Environment Agency of DKI Jakarta Province, Jakarta 13640, Indonesia
Sri Hayyu Alynda Heryati: Environment Agency of DKI Jakarta Province, Jakarta 13640, Indonesia
Adiatma Yudistira Manogar Siregar: Center for Economics and Development Studies, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung 40115, Indonesia
Ririn Radiawati Kusuma: Environmental, Climate, and Urban Health Division, Vital Strategies, Singapore 068807, Singapore
Raden Driejana: Faculty of Civil and Environment Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
Vijendra Ingole: Environmental, Climate, and Urban Health Division, Vital Strategies, New York, NY 10005, USA
Daniel Kass: Environmental, Climate, and Urban Health Division, Vital Strategies, New York, NY 10005, USA
Sumi Mehta: Environmental, Climate, and Urban Health Division, Vital Strategies, New York, NY 10005, USA

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 4, 1-14

Abstract: (1) Background: This study aimed to quantify the health and economic impacts of air pollution in Jakarta Province, the capital of Indonesia. (2) Methods: We quantified the health and economic burden of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and ground-level Ozone (O 3 ), which exceeds the local and global ambient air quality standards. We selected health outcomes which include adverse health outcomes in children, all-cause mortality, and daily hospitalizations. We used comparative risk assessment methods to estimate health burdens attributable to PM 2.5 and O 3 , linking the local population and selected health outcomes data with relative risks from the literature. The economic burdens were calculated using cost-of-illness and the value of the statistical life-year approach. (3) Results: Our results suggest over 7000 adverse health outcomes in children, over 10,000 deaths, and over 5000 hospitalizations that can be attributed to air pollution each year in Jakarta. The annual total cost of the health impact of air pollution reached approximately USD 2943.42 million. (4) Conclusions: By using local data to quantify and assess the health and economic impacts of air pollution in Jakarta, our study provides timely evidence needed to prioritize clean air actions to be taken to promote the public’s health.

Keywords: air pollution; health impacts; economic impacts; cost of illness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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