Health Impact Assessment of PM10 and PM2.5 in 27 Southeast and East Asian Cities

Takashi Yorifuji; Sanghyuk Bae; Saori Kashima; Toshihide Tsuda; Hiroyuki Doi; Yasushi Honda; Ho Kim; Yun Chul Hong

doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000000485

Health Impact Assessment of PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 in 27 Southeast and East Asian Cities

Takashi Yorifuji
, Sanghyuk Bae
, Saori Kashima
, Toshihide Tsuda
, Hiroyuki Doi
, Yasushi Honda
, Ho Kim
, Yun Chul Hong

Department of Preventive Medicine

Okayama University
Hiroshima University
University of Tsukuba
Seoul National University

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Abstract

We aimed to evaluate the annual health impacts of particulate matter (PM) less than 10 μm diameter (PM₁₀) and less than 2.5-μm diameter (PM_2.5) in 27 cities in Southeast and East Asian countries (Japan, the Philippines, The Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Vietnam) for the year 2009 (n = 50,756,699). Methods: We estimated the number of cases attributable to long-term exposure. We used a scenario that reduced the annual mean values for PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 to 20 and 10 μg/m³, respectively. Results: A reduction in long-term exposure to PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 would have postponed 8% to 9% of all-cause mortality or about 37,000 deaths. One third of them were associated with cardiopulmonary mortality and one ninth of them were associated with lung cancer mortality. Conclusions: Current air pollution levels in Southeast and East Asian countries have a nonnegligible public health impact.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	751-756
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume	57
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000485
State	Published - 30 Jul 2015

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

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