American Thoracic Society and Marron Institute Report Estimated Excess Morbidity and Mortality Caused by Air Pollution above American Thoracic Society–Recommended Standards, 2011–2013
- Abstract
Estimates of the health impacts of air pollution are needed to make informed air quality management decisions at both the national and local levels. Using design values of ambient pollution concentrations from 2011–2013 as a baseline, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the Marron Institute of Urban Management estimated excess morbidity and mortality in the United States attributable to exposure to ambient ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) at levels above the American Thoracic Society–recommended standards. Within the subset of counties with valid design values for each pollutant, 14% had PM2.5 concentrations greater than the ATS recommendation, whereas 91% had O3 concentrations greater than the ATS recommendation. Approximately 9,320 excess deaths (69% from O3; 31% from PM2.5), 21,400 excess morbidities (74% from O3; 26% from PM2.5), and 19,300,000 adversely impacted days (88% from O3; 12% from PM2.5) in the United States each year are attributable to pollution exceeding the ATS-recommended standards.
- Resource Type
- Peer-reviewed article
- Authors
- KR Cromar LA Gladson LD Perlmutt M Ghazipura GW Ewart
- Publication
- Annals of the American Thoarcic Society
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1195-1201
- Date
- August, 2016
- DOI
- 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201602-103AR
- Organization Type
- Academic
- Health and Human Impact
- Respiratory disease
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Air pollution
- Other
- Health impact assessment