| Literature DB >> 30617991 |
David M Stieb1,2, Jiayun Yao3,4, Sarah B Henderson3,4, Lauren Pinault5, Marc H Smith-Doiron6, Alain Robichaud7, Aaron van Donkelaar8, Randall V Martin8, Richard Ménard7, Jeffrey R Brook9,10.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the proportion of the Canadian population that is more susceptible to adverse effects of ozone (O3) and fine particle (PM2.5) air pollution exposure and how this varies by health region alongside ambient concentrations of O3 and PM2.5.Entities:
Keywords: Air pollution; Fine particulate matter; Health effects; Ozone; Susceptibility
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30617991 PMCID: PMC6964403 DOI: 10.17269/s41997-018-0169-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can J Public Health ISSN: 0008-4263
Definitions of more susceptible subpopulations by approach and sources of data
| Susceptibility factor | Approach | Year | Geographic resolution | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restrictive | Inclusive | ||||
| Age (children) | < 10 years old | < 20 years old | 2014 | Health region | Statistics Canada population estimates (Statistics Canada |
| Age (seniors) | ≥ 75 years old | ≥ 65 years old | |||
| Chronic disease | Individuals with heart disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or diabetes | 2013, 2014 | Health region | Statistics Canada Canadian Community Health Survey (Statistics Canada | |
| Pregnancy | Pregnant women | 2013 | Province | Statistics Canada fertility rates (Statistics Canada | |
| 2005 | Statistics Canada fetal loss rates (Statistics Canada | ||||
| 2014 | Canadian Institute for Health Information induced abortion data (Canadian Institute for Health Information | ||||
| Outdoor work | Outdoor workers | 2006 | National (adjusted by age group and urban/rural status by health region) | (Marrett et al. | |
| 2010, 2011 | (Matz et al. | ||||
| Socio-economic status | Less than high school education | 2013, 2014 | Health region | Statistics Canada Canadian Community Health Survey (Statistics Canada | |
| Impaired defenses | Low vitamin C intake | 2004 | National (adjusted by age group by health region) | (Shakur et al. | |
Fig. 1Illustration of the calculation of the percent of the population classified as more susceptible. The percentages in pink are the proportions of the population at risk for each risk factor (rows) in each age category (columns). The percentages in blue are the proportions of the population not at risk, which are carried through to the next risk factor. The diagonal percentages (pink arrows) indicate the prevalence of the next risk factor for the specific age group that is applied to the population not at risk from the previous risk factors. Percent pregnant is applied to the female proportion of the population in each age group. Rows and columns may not sum to marginal totals due to rounding
Variability of prevalence (%) of susceptibility factors by health region (n = 110)
| Number or percent of health region population | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Minimum | 25th percentile | Median | Mean | 75th percentile | Maximum |
| Population ( | 14,153 | 82,400 | 164,616 | 322,662 | 417,167 | 2,804,607 |
| Urban (%) | 10.4 | 56.3 | 67.3 | 67.5 | 82.6 | 100.0 |
| Rural (%) | 0.0 | 17.4 | 32.8 | 32.6 | 43.8 | 89.6 |
| 1. Age < 10 (%) | 7.3 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 11.6 | 22.3 |
| 2. Age 75+ (%) | 0.9 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 10.9 |
| 3. Asthma, COPD, heart disease, diabetes (age 10–74) (%) | 8.8 | 12.8 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 16.6 | 22.4 |
| 4. Pregnant (%) | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| 5. Outdoor work (%) | 13.0 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 18.4 |
| 6. Less than high-school education (%) | 1.4 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 18.2 |
| 7. Inadequate vitamin C intake (%) | 2.9 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 7.7 |
| 8. Remainder of 10–19 and 65–74 (%) | 9.8 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 15.1 |
| Restrictive (sum of factors 1–4) (%) | 24.4 | 31.8 | 33.5 | 33.6 | 35.6 | 41.2 |
| Inclusive (sum of factors 1–8) (%) | 61.2 | 69.8 | 72.3 | 72.1 | 74.4 | 87.0 |
Fig. 2Percent of population classified as more susceptible to adverse effects of air pollution by health region according to restrictive criteria. Insets show detail for southern Alberta and southern Ontario; health regions outlined in bold are in the highest quartile of percent susceptible according to restrictive and/or inclusive criteria and highest quartile of PM2.5 and/or O3
Fig. 3Heat map of quartiles of percent susceptibility according to restrictive and inclusive criteria vs. quartiles of PM2.5 and O3 for 110 health regions. Bold outline highlights correspondence of highest quartiles of both susceptibility and exposure (see also insets of Fig. 2 and Online Resource 2)