Air Quality Issues for an Aging Population

Crume, Richard V.; Sykes, Kathleen E.; Crume, Yoko S.

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“…First, the adverse impact of air pollution on people's health will become more severe with age. Since human experience weakening physiological and metabolic processes when getting older 10 and people are exposed to poisonous substances in ambient conditions that are absorbed by and then accumulate in the human body 27 , older adults are the most vulnerable to air pollution. Our findings show that by 2035, the average proportion of older adults dying of diabetes mellitus type 2 and ischemic heart diseases will account for over 85% of the total deaths of all ages.…”

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“…For example, Yun et al pointed out that indoor pollution caused by solid fuel use is far more serious than other activities, and promoting clean cooking and heating is an effective way to improve indoor air quality 37,38 . Second, the government should improve health care by supporting additional investments in health care and adopting targeted measures to improve older adults' health care insurance and alleviate their economic burden 27 . Other policies, such as providing people residing in polluted areas with medical compensation, incorporating medicines targeted at specific diseases into medical insurance and reducing the medical cost of treating air pollution-related diseases, are suggested as well.…”

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The challenge of population aging for mitigating deaths from PM2.5 air pollution in China

Xu,

Huang,

Yue

et al. 2023

Nat Commun

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Estimating the health burden of air pollution against the background of population aging is of great significance for achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 3.9 which aims to substantially reduce the deaths and illnesses from air pollution. Here, we estimated spatiotemporal changes in deaths attributable to PM2.5 air pollution in China from 2000 to 2035 and examined the drivers. The results show that from 2019 to 2035, deaths were projected to decease 15.4% (6.6%–20.7%, 95% CI) and 8.4% (0.6%–13.5%) under the SSP1-2.6 and SSP5-8.5 scenario, respectively, but increase 10.4% (5.1%–20.5%) and 18.1% (13.0%–28.3%) under SSP2-4.5 and SSP3-7.0 scenarios. Population aging will be the leading contributor to increased deaths attributable to PM2.5 air pollution, which will counter the positive gains achieved by improvements in air pollution and healthcare. Region-specific measures are required to mitigate the health burden of air pollution and this requires long-term efforts and mutual cooperation among regions in China.

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The challenge of population aging for mitigating deaths from PM2.5 air pollution in China

Xu,

Huang,

Yue

et al. 2023

Nat Commun

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“…First, the adverse impact of air pollution on people's health will be enhanced with age. Since humans experience weakening physiological and metabolic processes when getting older 8 and people are exposed to poisonous substances in ambient conditions that are absorbed by and then accumulate in the human body 27 , older people are the most vulnerable to air pollution. Our findings show that by 2035, the average proportion of elderly people dying of diabetes mellitus type 2 and ischemic heart disease will account for over 80% of the respective total deaths of all ages.…”

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Population aging challenge future mitigation of deaths attributable to PM2.5 pollution in China

Huang

Yue

et al. 2022

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Estimating the health burden of air pollution in China against the background of population aging is of great significance for the well-being of elderly individuals and achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since previous studies did not fully consider the differences on drivers of deaths attributable to PM2.5 pollution (DAPP) (i.e., socioeconomic factors, climate factors, and disease mortalities) among provinces in China, the impact of future population aging on DAPP cannot be comprehensively and objectively estimated. In this study, we estimated and verified the spatiotemporal changes of DAPP in China from 2005 to 2017 based on a risk assessment framework. Then, using the latest climate projections, we estimated the changes and drivers in DAPP under four scenarios in China from 2018 to 2035 based on decomposition analysis. The results show that from 2017 to 2035, DAPP in China will decrease between 31.9 (26.6–45.6) thousand and 178.8 (152.5-210.5) thousand across three scenarios (sustainable development (SSP1-2.6), business as usual (SSP2-4.5), and fossil fuel development (SSP5-8.5). We found that population aging will be the leading driver contributing to the increase in DAPP and offset the positive gains achieved by improvement in air pollution and healthcare. In the future, reducing the exposure to air pollution and improving healthcare of the elderly is necessary to mitigate the global health burden of air pollution and this requires mutual cooperation and long-term efforts among countries worldwide.

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Modeling of the health impacts of ambient ozone pollution in China and India

Liu

et al. 2021

Atmospheric Environment

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Air Quality Issues for an Aging Population

Cited by 4 publications

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The challenge of population aging for mitigating deaths from PM2.5 air pollution in China

The challenge of population aging for mitigating deaths from PM2.5 air pollution in China

Population aging challenge future mitigation of deaths attributable to PM2.5 pollution in China

Modeling of the health impacts of ambient ozone pollution in China and India

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