Table 1. Variables and variable definitions.

	Variables	Symbol	Definition	Unit	Mean	Std. dev.	Max	Min
Explained variable	Residents’ health	Health	The number of foodborne diseases	People	1,263.19	1,241.39	6,621.00	6.00
Explanatory variables	Green development of agriculture	Pesticide	Pesticide consumption	10,000 tons	6.35	4.01	13.95	0.26
		Fertilizer	Chemical fertilizer consumption	10,000 tons	201.35	110.19	354.90	7.50
		Film	Agricultural plastic film consumption	10,000 tons	7.48	3.34	13.24	1.29
	Market-incentive environmental regulation	ers1	Environmental pollution control cost	100 mn RMB	21.61	17.44	81.17	3.35
	Command-and-control environmental regulation	ers2	Number of laws and regulations related to agricultural and rural environment	Item	7.24	6.41	36.00	0.00
Control variables	Technological innovation	tec	Government’s financial subsidy to agriculture	100 mn RMB	169.12	138.75	584.39	21.32
	Government assistance to agriculture	gov	Government’s financial subsidy to agriculture	100 mn RMB	629.43	263.38	1,339.36	161.54
	Per capita disposable income of rural residents	Couincome	Per capita disposable income of rural residents	10,000 RMB	3.35	1.23	7.64	1.65
	Per capita disposable income of urban residents	urbincome	Per capita disposable income of urban residents	10,000 RMB	1.37	0.65	3.49	0.45