Ambient PM2.5 and productivity-adjusted life years lost in Brazil: a national population-based study.
J Hazard Mater
; 467: 133676, 2024 04 05.
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ABSTRACT
Enormous health burden has been associated with air pollution and its effects continue to grow. However, the impact of air pollution on labour productivity at the population level is still unknown. This study assessed the association between premature death due to PM2.5 exposure and the loss of productivity-adjusted life years (PALYs), in Brazil. We applied a novel variant of the difference-in-difference (DID) approach to assess the association. Daily all-cause mortality data in Brazil were collected from 2000-2019. The PALYs lost increased by 5.11% (95% CI 4.10-6.13%), for every 10 µg/m3 increase in the 2-day moving average of PM2.5. A total of 9,219,995 (95% CI 7,491,634-10,921,141) PALYs lost and US$ 268.05 (95% CI 217.82-317.50) billion economic costs were attributed to PM2.5 exposure, corresponding to 7.37% (95% CI 5.99-8.73%) of the total PALYs lost due to premature death. This study also found that 5,005,306 PALYs could be avoided if the World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guideline (AQG) level was met. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that ambient PM2.5 exposure is associated with a considerable labour productivity burden relating to premature death in Brazil, while over half of the burden could be prevented if the WHO AQG was met. The findings highlight the need to reduce ambient PM2.5 levels and provide strong evidence for the development of strategies to mitigate the economic impacts of air pollution.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Poluição do Ar
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Patient_preference
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
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J Hazard Mater
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE AMBIENTAL
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália
País de publicação:
Holanda