Premature mortality due to air pollution in European cities: a health impact assessment.
Journal
The Lancet. Planetary health
ISSN: 2542-5196
Titre abrégé: Lancet Planet Health
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101704339
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2021
03 2021
Historique:
received:
01
09
2020
revised:
26
10
2020
accepted:
29
10
2020
pubmed:
23
1
2021
medline:
27
7
2021
entrez:
22
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Ambient air pollution is a major environmental cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cities are generally hotspots for air pollution and disease. However, the exact extent of the health effects of air pollution at the city level is still largely unknown. We aimed to estimate the proportion of annual preventable deaths due to air pollution in almost 1000 cities in Europe. We did a quantitative health impact assessment for the year 2015 to estimate the effect of air pollution exposure (PM Compliance with WHO air pollution guidelines could prevent 51 213 (95% CI 34 036-68 682) deaths per year for PM A considerable proportion of premature deaths in European cities could be avoided annually by lowering air pollution concentrations, particularly below WHO guidelines. The mortality burden varied considerably between European cities, indicating where policy actions are more urgently needed to reduce air pollution and achieve sustainable, liveable, and healthy communities. Current guidelines should be revised and air pollution concentrations should be reduced further to achieve greater protection of health in cities. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Internal ISGlobal fund.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Ambient air pollution is a major environmental cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cities are generally hotspots for air pollution and disease. However, the exact extent of the health effects of air pollution at the city level is still largely unknown. We aimed to estimate the proportion of annual preventable deaths due to air pollution in almost 1000 cities in Europe.
METHODS
We did a quantitative health impact assessment for the year 2015 to estimate the effect of air pollution exposure (PM
FINDINGS
Compliance with WHO air pollution guidelines could prevent 51 213 (95% CI 34 036-68 682) deaths per year for PM
INTERPRETATION
A considerable proportion of premature deaths in European cities could be avoided annually by lowering air pollution concentrations, particularly below WHO guidelines. The mortality burden varied considerably between European cities, indicating where policy actions are more urgently needed to reduce air pollution and achieve sustainable, liveable, and healthy communities. Current guidelines should be revised and air pollution concentrations should be reduced further to achieve greater protection of health in cities.
FUNDING
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Internal ISGlobal fund.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33482109
pii: S2542-5196(20)30272-2
doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30272-2
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Air Pollutants
0
Particulate Matter
0
Nitrogen Dioxide
S7G510RUBH
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e121-e134Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.