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The Health Effects of Air Pollution in Delhi, India

1997; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1596/1813-9450-1860

1813-9450

Anna Alberini, Maureen Cropper, Nathalie B. Simon, Priyanka Sharma,

Energy and Environment Impacts

No AccessPolicy Research Working Papers21 Jun 2013The Health Effects of Air Pollution in Delhi, IndiaAuthors/Editors: Anna Alberini, Maureen Cropper, Nathalie B. Simon, P. K. SharmaAnna Alberini, Maureen Cropper, Nathalie B. Simon, P. K. Sharmahttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-1860SectionsAboutPDF (0.1 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:December 1997 Particulate air pollution has less overall impact on nontraumatic deaths in Delhi, India, than in U.S. cities. But the deaths occur earlier in life in Delhi, which could mean a larger loss in life-years. Cropper, Simon, Alberini, and Sharma report the results of a time-series study of the impact of particulate air pollution on daily mortality in Delhi. They find: ° A positive, significant relationship between particulate pollution and daily nontraumatic deaths as well as deaths from certain causes (respiratory and cardiovascular problems) and for certain age groups. ° In general, these impacts are smaller than those estimated for other countries, where on average a 100-microgram increase in total suspended particulates (TSP) leads to a 6-percent increase in nontraumatic mortality. In Delhi, such an increase in TSP is associated with a 2.3-percent increase in deaths. ° The differences in magnitudes of the effects are most likely explained by differences in distributions of age at death and cause of death, as most deaths in Delhi occur before the age of 65 and are not attributed to causes with a strong association with air pollution. ° Although air pollution seems to have less impact on mortality counts in Delhi, the number of life-years saved per death avoided is greater in Delhi than in U.S. cities-because the age distribution of impacts in these two places varies. In the United States particulates have the greatest influence on daily deaths among persons 65 and older. In Delhi, they have the greatest impact in the 15-to-44 age group. That means that for each death associated with air pollution, on average more life-years would be saved in Delhi than in the United States. Large differences in the magnitude of effects do call into question the validity of the concentration-response transfer procedure. In that procedure, concentration-response relationships found for industrial countries are applied to cities in developing countries with little or no adjustment, to estimate the effects of pollution on daily mortality. This paper-a product of Development Economics Research Group-is part of a larger effort in the group to examine the benefits and costs of pollution control. The study was funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under research project Measuring the Health Effects of Air Pollution in Developing Countries: The Case of Delhi, India (RPO 679-96). Maureen Cropper may be contacted at [email protected] Previous bookNext book FiguresReferencesRecommendedDetailsCited ByEconomic risk assessment of PM10 in coal-based industrial region and its management strategyArabian Journal of Geosciences, Vol.14, No.2320 November 2021Assessment of freight vehicle characteristics and impact of future policy interventions on their emissions in DelhiTransportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Vol.67Crop Residue Burning in Northern India: Increasing Threat to Greater IndiaJournal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol.123, No.1310 July 2018Effects on Well-Being of Investing in Cleaner Air in IndiaEnvironmental Science & Technology, Vol.47, No.2314 November 2013Emission estimates and trends (1990–2000) for megacity Delhi and implicationsAtmospheric Environment, Vol.38, No.33Exposure-response functions for health effects of ambient air pollution applicable for China – a meta-analysisScience of The Total Environment, Vol.329, No.1-3Feasibility of cost‐benefit analysis for particulate matter air pollution control in JapanInternational Journal of Environmental Studies, Vol.61, No.3Interrelationships between income, health and the environment: extending the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesisEcological Economics, Vol.36, No.3T HE C AUSES AND C ONSEQUENCES OF P ARTICULATE A IR P OLLUTION IN U RBAN I NDIA : A Synthesis of the ScienceAnnual Review of Energy and the Environment, Vol.25, No.1 View Published: December 1997 Copyright & Permissions Related RegionsSouth AsiaEurope and Central AsiaRelated CountriesIndiaRelated TopicsHealth Nutrition and PopulationEnvironment KeywordsACUTE EXPOSUREAIR POLLUTANTSAIR POLLUTIONCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASECHRONIC HEARTDAILY DEATHSDEATHSDISTRIBUTIONS OF DEATHS BY AGEENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLSEXTREMELY HIGH POLLUTIONHEALTHHEALTH DAMAGESHUMAN HEALTHLUNG DISEASEMORTALITYPARTICULATE MATTERPOLLUTION CONTROLPOLLUTION CONTROL POLICIESPREMATURE DEATHSULFUR DIOXIDE PDF DownloadLoading ...