Hygiena 2013, 58(1):5-10 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a0955

Towards the Effects of Airborne Pollution on Mortality-rates in the Czech Republic

Vladimíra Puklová, Michala Lustigová, Helena Kazmarová, Bohumil Kotlík
Státní zdravotní ústav, Praha

The most important health impact of long-term exposure to airborne fine particulate matter (PM) is premature mortality and reduced life expectancy. We have attempted to contribute to the assessment of the years of life lost (YLLs) and decreased life expectancy due to exposure of the Czech population to this pollutant, utilizing the concentration database maintained by the Environmental Health Monitoring System at the National Institute of Public Health. The evaluation was performed using two scenarios: the current situation against natural background PM2.5 levels and the decrease of PM10 mean annual concentration in the municipalities by 5%. The estimated proportion of premature deaths due to air pollution represented 6.9% (CI 95% 2.6-12.7%) of the total death count. The number of YLLs was assessed to 95,719 (CI 95% 33,356-166,406), reduction of life expectancy was estimated by 8.6 (CI 95% 2.9-15.5) months in men and 8.4 (CI 95% 2.8-15.1) months in women. Assuming that the mean annual PM10 concentration in the municipalities has declined by 5%, a total of 530 (CI 95% 190-890) premature deaths could be prevented, statistically calculated as a total of 6,850 (CI 95% 2,440-11,570) life years.

Keywords: airborne pollution, exposure to airborne particulate matter, premature deaths, life expectancy, Czech Republic

Received: May 2012; Accepted: September 5, 2012; Published: March 1, 2013  Show citation

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Puklová V, Lustigová M, Kazmarová H, Kotlík B. Towards the Effects of Airborne Pollution on Mortality-rates in the Czech Republic. Hygiena. 2013;58(1):5-10. doi: 10.21101/hygiena.a0955.
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