Comparisons of lifetime exposures between differently polluted areas and years of life lost due to all-cause mortality attributable to air pollution

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 2 Average lifetime exposures to air pollutants in locality HPA and LPA and their districts in 2000–2017

Lifetime average exposure concentration
Locality/district	PM₁₀			PM_2.5			NO₂			Benzene			B(a)P
	LC_pqr [μg/m³]			LC_pqr [μg/m³]			LC_pqr [μg/m³]			LC_pqr [μg/m³]			LC_pqr [ng/m³]
	Avg^a	SD^b	Max^c	Avg^a	SD^b	Max^c	Avg^a	SD^b	Max^c	Avg^a	SD^b	Max^c	Avg^a	SD^b	Max^c
HPA	45.6	2.4	55.8	34.9	1.9	42.8	18.1	1.0	22.3	2.1	0.1	2.6	2.6	0.1	2.8
OV	61.2	4.1	79.4	47.0	3.2	61.2	27.2	1.7	33.9	2.6	0.1	5.0	8.1	0.6	9.9
OP	41.2	1.9	49.6	30.7	1.4	37.3	10.3	0.1	14.0	2.1	0.0	3.1	1.2	0.1	3.2
NJ	40.2	1.9	48.5	30.5	1.4	37.3	17.2	1.2	22.3	2.1	0.0	2.2	1.1	0.0	1.5
KA	60.4	3.3	76.8	46.4	2.6	59.3	27.4	2.1	35.8	2.9	0.2	3.3	3.1	0.1	3.7
BR	26.7	1.3	32.2	21.7	1.1	26.0	9.5	0.1	13.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	1.0
FM	43.8	2.2	52.5	32.9	1.9	40.1	17.1	1.2	21.6	2.1	0.1	2.3	1.3	0.1	3.1
LPA	24.9	1.7	31.9	19.4	1.3	24.5	13.3	1.0	17.5	0.8	0.0	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.5
TA	25.8	1.7	32.7	20.0	1.3	25.2	6.0	0.2	9.4	1.2	0.1	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.6
ST	23.8	1.3	29.9	16.5	1.4	22.8	13.7	1.2	18.3	1.1	0.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.5
PR	29.6	2.5	38.3	23.7	2.0	30.8	12.3	0.6	15.1	0.6	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.4
PI	21.2	0.7	24.3	16.9	0.5	18.8	12.3	0.6	15.1	0.7	0.0	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.5
JH	24.1	1.5	30.6	18.7	1.1	23.6	13.8	1.1	18.1	0.6	0.0	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.5
CK	23.6	2.3	32.8	19.1	1.6	25.5	17.1	2.1	25.2	0.6	0.0	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.4
CB	26.4	2.0	34.8	20.8	1.4	26.8	17.7	1.9	25.0	0.8	0.0	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.5
Difference^d	20.8			15.5			4.8			1.3			2.2
p-value^e	< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001

^aAverage life-time exposure to air pollutant in population of HPA and LPA and their districts
^bStandard deviation of LC_pqr expressing the variability in the time axis
^cMaximum life-time exposure to air pollutant in population of HPA and LPA and their districts
^dHodges–Lehmann Estimates of median of differences between HPA and LPA
^ep-value of Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test for Paired Data