Estimates of global mortality burden associated with short-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2·5)

BackgroundThe acute health effects of short-term (hours to days) exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2·5) have been well documented; however, the global mortality burden attributable to this exposure has not been estimated. We aimed to estimate the global, regional, and urban mortality burden associated with short-term exposure to PM2·5 and the spatiotemporal variations in this burden from 2000 to 2019.MethodsWe combined estimated global daily PM2·5 concentrations, annual population counts, country-level mortality rates, and epidemiologically derived exposure–response functions to estimate the mortality attributable to short-term PM2·5 exposure from 2000 to 2019, in the continental regions and in 13 189…

• MU
  Monash University
• CS
  China Scholarship Council

  Awards: 201906320051, APP1163693
• CF
  Centre for Air Pollution, Energy and Health Research
• MR
  Medical Research Council
• AR
  Australian Research Council

  Award: DP210102076
• NH
  National Health and Medical Research Council

  Awards: APP1163693, APP2008813, APP2009866, 201906320051, APP2000581
• FO
  Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University