The effect of air pollution on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy across China and its provinces, 1990–2017: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation · +4 more institutions
Abstract
BackgroundAir pollution is an important public health concern in China, with high levels of exposure to both ambient and household air pollution. To inform action at provincial levels in China, we estimated the exposure to air pollution and its effect on deaths, disease burden, and loss of life expectancy across all provinces in China from 1990 to 2017.MethodsIn all 33 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and special administrative regions in China, we estimated exposure to air pollution, including ambient particulate matter pollution (defined as the annual gridded concentration of PM2·5), household air pollution (defined as the percentage of households using solid cooking fuels and the corresponding…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 35.16
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 35
Authors
15- PYPeng Yin
National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention
- MBMichael Bräuer
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of British Columbia, University of Washington
- ACAaron Cohen
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Health Effects Institute, University of Washington
- HWHaidong Wang
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington
- JLJie Li
National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention
Topics & keywords
- China
- Life expectancy
- Burden of disease
- Environmental health
- Air pollution
- Disease
- Disease burden
- Geography
- Good health and well-being