| Title | Population Aging Driven Slowdown in the Reduction of Economic Cost-Attributed to PM2.5 Pollution after 2013 in China |
| Authors | Lian, Lulu Chen, Siyu Ma, Jianmin Li, Tiantian Yang, Yang Huang, Tao Wang, Yong Li, Jixiang |
| Affiliation | Lanzhou Univ, Coll Atmospher Sci, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China Chinese Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Natl Inst Environm Hlth, Beijing 100021, Peoples R China Nanjing Univ Informat Sci & Technol, Sch Environm Sci & Engn, Jiangsu Collaborat Innovat Ctr Atmospher Environm, Jiangsu Key Lab Atmospher Environm Monitoring & Po, Nanjing 210000, Peoples R China Lanzhou Univ, Coll Earth & Environm Sci, Key Lab Environm Pollut Predict & Control, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China Tsinghua Univ, Key Lab Earth Syst Modeling, Minist Educ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China Tsinghua Univ, Dept Earth Syst Sci, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China Peking Univ, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Lab Earth Surface Proc, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China Lanzhou Univ, Key Lab Semiarid Climate Change, Minist Educ, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China |
| Keywords | AIR-POLLUTION STATISTICAL LIFE AMBIENT PM2.5 HEALTH MORTALITY BURDEN TRENDS HAZE AGE |
| Issue Date | Dec-2022 |
| Publisher | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY |
| Abstract | Since seniors are more susceptible to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the high economic cost to protect the aged population from PM2.5 exposure is expected. Significant efforts have been made in China to mitigate PM2.5 since 2013 under the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action (APPCA) Plan, which remarkably reduced PM2.5 contamination and its associated economic and health burdens. However, to what extent population aging could influence the economic benefits from the APPCA Plan is unclear. Here, we estimate five driving factors contributing to the economic cost of mortality attributable to PM2.5 pollution. The results show that the economic cost attributed to PM2.5 pollution increased from 1980 to 2013 and decreased from 2013 to 2019 in China, benefiting from the APPCA Plan. Since 2013, population aging becomes the most significant positive driver that almost offsets declining economic cost from significantly declining PM2.5. Rapid aging has become an enormous burden to PM2.5-associated health and economic loss. Our findings suggest that we should further improve air quality and enhance health care for the elderly population. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/670355 |
| ISSN | 0013-936X |
| DOI | 10.1021/acs.est.2c05386 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) |
| Appears in Collections: | 城市与环境学院 地表过程分析与模拟教育部重点实验室 |
