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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Ozone and Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease Mortalities Due to Ozone in Shenzhen

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  • Li Wang

    (Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, MD 6200 Maastricht, The Netherlands
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Yu Bai

    (China National Environmental Monitoring Centre, Beijing 100012, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Fengying Zhang

    (Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, MD 6200 Maastricht, The Netherlands
    China National Environmental Monitoring Centre, Beijing 100012, China)

  • Wuyi Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)

  • Xiaojian Liu

    (Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518055, China)

  • Thomas Krafft

    (Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, MD 6200 Maastricht, The Netherlands)

Abstract

In order to explore the temporal-spatial patterns and possible health effects of ozone in Shenzhen, daily concentrations of ozone and the daily mortality caused by cardiovascular and respiratory diseases were collected. Using Geographic Information System (GIS) and SPSS, the spatial and temporal patterns of ozone in Shenzhen were illustrated. Using a generalized additive model (GAM), the associations between ozone and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases causing mortality were analyzed, adjusted for meteorological factors and other major air pollutants including fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) and carbon monoxide (CO), and stratified by lag, age, and gender. The results showed that, during 2013, ozone was the second main air pollutant in Shenzhen apart from PM 2.5 , with average daily concentrations of 95.9 µg/m 3 and 76.8 µg/m 3 for the ozone 1-h mean and the daily ozone 8-h maximum concentration, respectively. The daily level of ozone had a higher concentration from September to October, and relatively low concentration from May to June. Obviously, a higher concentration was found in central parts of Shenzhen with the largest population, indicating higher risks. The excess risk (ER) percentage of the cardio-respiratory mortality rate showed a clearly accumulative effect at L03, with the highest ER percentage of 1.08 (0.88–1.27) per 10 µg/m 3 increase in the ozone 8-h maximum concentration for all the population. Males were found to be more sensitive to ozone compared with females, and the elderly were more susceptible to ozone exposure than younger people.

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  • Li Wang & Yu Bai & Fengying Zhang & Wuyi Wang & Xiaojian Liu & Thomas Krafft, 2017. "Spatiotemporal Patterns of Ozone and Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease Mortalities Due to Ozone in Shenzhen," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-13, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:9:y:2017:i:4:p:559-:d:95172
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    1. Qian Chen & Dongsheng Wang & Xiaobing Li & Bai Li & Ruifeng Song & Hongdi He & Zhongren Peng, 2019. "Vertical Characteristics of Winter Ozone Distribution within the Boundary Layer in Shanghai Based on Hexacopter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Platform," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(24), pages 1-13, December.
    2. Dian Huang & Qinglan Li & Xiaoxue Wang & Guangxin Li & Liqun Sun & Bing He & Li Zhang & Chunsheng Zhang, 2018. "Characteristics and Trends of Ambient Ozone and Nitrogen Oxides at Urban, Suburban, and Rural Sites from 2011 to 2017 in Shenzhen, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-17, December.

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