期刊
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
卷 22, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13622-x
关键词
Air pollution; Wood smoke; Premature death; Northern Europe; Life expectancy
资金
- Umea University
- Academy of Finland [310373]
- European Commission
- NILU Strategic Institute Initiative -SIS -EMISYS [B120011]
- Nordforsk [75007]
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [310373, 310373] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
Residential wood combustion is one of the significant sources of PM2.5 in Nordic cities, leading to a substantial impact on public health. Implementing public health measures to reduce the emissions is crucial.
Background Residential wood combustion (RWC) is one of the largest sources of fine particles (PM2.5) in the Nordic cities. The current study aims to calculate the related health effects in four studied city areas in Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark. Methods Health impact assessment (HIA) was employed as the methodology to quantify the health burden. Firstly, the RWC induced annual average PM2.5 concentrations from local sources were estimated with air pollution dispersion modelling. Secondly, the baseline mortality rates were retrieved from the national health registers. Thirdly, the concentration-response function from a previous epidemiological study was applied. For the health impact calculations, the WHO-developed tool AirQ + was used. Results Amongst the studied city areas, the local RWC induced PM2.5 concentration was lowest in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (population-weighted annual average concentration 0.46 mu g m(- 3)) and highest in Oslo (2.77 mu g m(- 3)). Each year, particulate matter attributed to RWC caused around 19 premature deaths in Umea (95% CI: 8-29), 85 in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (95% CI: 35-129), 78 in Copenhagen (95% CI: 33-118), and 232 premature deaths in Oslo (95% CI: 97-346). The average loss of life years per premature death case was approximately ten years; however, in the whole population, this reflects on average a decrease in life expectancy by 0.25 (0.10-0.36) years. In terms of the relative contributions in cities, life expectancy will be decreased by 0.10 (95% CI: 0.05-0.16), 0.18 (95% CI: 0.07-0.28), 0.22 (95% CI: 0.09-0.33) and 0.63 (95% CI: 0.26-0.96) years in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Umea, Copenhagen and Oslo respectively. The number of years of life lost was lowest in Umea (172, 95% CI: 71-260) and highest in Oslo (2458, 95% CI: 1033-3669). Conclusions All four Nordic city areas have a substantial amount of domestic heating, and RWC is one of the most significant sources of PM2.5. This implicates a substantial predicted impact on public health in terms of premature mortality. Thus, several public health measures are needed to reduce the RWC emissions.
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