Assessing the Recent Estimates of the Global Burden of Disease for Ambient Air Pollution: Methodological Changes and Implications for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Ostro ◽  
Joseph Spadaro ◽  
Sophie Gumy ◽  
Pierpaolo Mudu ◽  
Yewande Awe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Global Burden Of Disease ◽  
Global Burden ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Low And Middle Income

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Attributable to Ambient Air Pollution: Estimates from the GBD 2013

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (1) ◽  
pp. 2764
Author(s):  
Cohen Aaron* ◽  
Brauer Michael ◽  
Greg Freedman ◽  
Richard Burnett ◽  
H Ross Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Global Burden Of Disease ◽  
Global Burden

scholarly journals Impact of Air Pollution on Global Burden of Disease in 2019

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1719
Author(s):  
Meghnath Dhimal ◽  
Francesco Chirico ◽  
Bihungum Bista ◽  
Sitasma Sharma ◽  
Binaya Chalise ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Global Burden Of Disease ◽  
Global Burden ◽  
Disability Adjusted Life ◽  
Life Years ◽  
The Impact

Air pollution consisting of ambient air pollution and household air pollution (HAP) threatens health globally. Air pollution aggravates the health of vulnerable people such as infants, children, women, and the elderly as well as people with chronic diseases such as cardiorespiratory illnesses, little social support, and poor access to medical services. This study is aimed to estimate the impact of air pollution on global burden of disease (GBD). We extracted data about mortality and disability adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to air pollution from 1990 to 2019. The extracted data were then organized and edited into a usable format using STATA version 15. Furthermore, we also estimated the impacts for three categories based on their socio-demographic index (SDI) as calculated by GBD study. The impacts of air pollution on overall burden of disease by SDI, gender, type of pollution, and type of disease is estimated and their trends over the period of 1990 to 2019 are presented. The attributable burden of ambient air pollution is increasing over the years while attributable burden of HAP is declining over the years, globally. The findings of this study will be useful for evidence-based planning for prevention and control of air pollution and reduction of burden of disease from air pollution at global, regional, and national levels.

scholarly journals Ambient Air Pollution Exposure Estimation for the Global Burden of Disease 2013

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Brauer ◽  
Greg Freedman ◽  
Joseph Frostad ◽  
Aaron van Donkelaar ◽  
Randall V. Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Global Burden Of Disease ◽  
Global Burden ◽  
Exposure Estimation ◽  
Air Pollution Exposure ◽  
Pollution Exposure

Environmental Degradation: Estimating the Health Effects of Ambient PM2.5 Air Pollution in Developing Countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesto Sánchez-Triana ◽  
Bjorn Larsen ◽  
Santiago Enriquez ◽  
Andreia Costa Santos
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Population Exposure ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Premature Deaths ◽  
Level Monitoring

Air pollution of fine particulates (PM2.5) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. It is estimated that ambient PM2.5 air pollution results in between 4.1 million and 8.9 million premature deaths annually. According to the World Bank, the health effects of ambient PM2.5 air pollution had a cost of $6.4 trillion in purchasing power parity (PPP) adjusted dollars in 2019, equivalent to 4.8% of global gross domestic product (PPP adjusted) that year. Estimating the health effects and cost of ambient PM2.5 air pollution involves three steps: (1) estimating population exposure to pollution; (2) estimating the health effects of such exposure; and (3) assigning a monetary value to the illnesses and premature deaths caused by ambient air pollution. Estimating population exposure to ambient PM2,5 has gone from predominantly using ground level monitoring data mainly in larger cities to estimates of nationwide population weighted exposures based on satellite imagery and chemical transport models along with ground level monitoring data. The Global Burden of Disease 2010 (GBD 2010) provided for the first time national, regional and global estimates of exposures to ambient PM2.5. The GBD exposure estimates have also evolved substantially from 2010 to 2019, especially national estimates in South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean. Estimation of health effects of ambient PM2.5 has also undergone substantial developments during the last two decades. These developments involve: i) going from largely estimating health effects associated with variations in daily exposures to estimating health effects of annual exposure; ii) going from estimating all-cause mortality or mortality from broad disease categories (i.e., cardiopulmonary diseases) to estimating mortality from specific diseases; and iii) being able to estimate health effects over a wide range of exposure that reflect ambient and household air pollution exposure levels in low- and middle-income countries. As to monetary valuation of health effects of ambient air pollution, estimates in most low- and middle-income countries still rely on benefit transfer of values of statistical life (VSL) from high-income countries.

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