title: Estimation of the PM2.5health effects in China during 2000-2011.
abstract: Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has been associated with mortality, but the extent of the adverse impacts differs across various regions. A quantitative estimation of health effects attributed to PM2.5in China is urgently required, particularly because it has the largest population and high air pollution levels. Based on the remote sensing-derived PM2.5and grid population data, we estimated the acute health effects of PM2.5in China using an exposure-response function. The results suggest the following: (1) The proportion of the population exposed to high PM2.5concentrations (>35 μg/m3) increased consistently from 2000 to 2011, and the population exposed to concentrations above the threshold defined by World Health Organization (WHO) (>10 μg/m3) rose from 1,191,191,943 to 1,290,562,965. (2) The number of deaths associated with PM2.5exposure increased steadily from 107,608 in 2000 to 173,560 in 2010, with larger numbers in the eastern region. (3) PM2.5health effects decreased in three pollution control scenarios estimated for 2017, i.e., the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan (APPCAP) scenario, the APPCAP under WHO IT-1 scenario (35 μg/m3), and the APPCAP under WHO IT-3 scenario (15 μg/m3), which indicates that pollution control can effectively reduce PM2.5effects on mortality.
authors.affiliation: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, 100000, China.|The Key Laboratory for Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518000, China.
authors.forename: Jiansheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory for Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518000, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban Planning and Design, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China. wfli@hku.hk.|Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, the University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518000, China. wfli@hku.hk.
authors.forename: Weifeng
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8649-0375
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory for Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518000, China.
authors.forename: Duo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban Planning and Design, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China.|Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, the University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518000, China.
authors.forename: Jianzheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants; D000397:Air Pollution; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D006801:Humans; D052638:Particulate Matter
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D052638:Particulate Matter
keywords: China; Fine particulate matter; Health effects; Mortality; Population; Quantitative estimation