Table 2.

Monetary Valuation of Health Impacts (in wFlare2 Scenario)

Health impact	Flaring health impact outcomes, based on pollutant type
	Pollutant type	Number of cases (95% CI)	Monetary valuation ($1 million) (95% CI)
Premature Deaths	PM2.5	360 (300–420)	3,700 (1,900–6,000)
	O3	230 (120–470)	2,400 (720–6,800)
	NO2	120 (61–180)	1,300 (380–2,700)
	All Three	710 (480–1,100)	7,300 (3,000–16,000)
Asthma Incidence	PM2.5	140 (47–230)	8.2 (1.1–22)
	NO2	47 (19–65)	2.8 (0.46–6.1)
	PM2.5 and NO2	190 (66–300)	11 (1.6–28)
Asthma Hospitalizations (Alhanti)	PM2.5	1.3 (0.63–2.5)	0.023 (0.012–0.046)
	O3	5.7 (3.2–8.1)	0.1 (0.059–0.15)
	NO2	3.2 (2.5–4.5)	0.058 (0.046–0.081)
	All Three	10 (6.4–15)	0.18 (0.12–0.28)
Asthma Exacerbations (Alhanti)	PM2.5	9,700 (4,900–19,000)	0.58 (0.11–1.9)
	O3	43,000 (24,000–61,000)	2.5 (0.53–6)
	NO2	21,000 (16,000–29,000)	1.2 (0.36–2.8)
	All Three	73,000 (46,000–110,000)	4.3 (0.99–11)
Asthma ED Visits (Alhanti)	PM2.5	13 (6.3–25)	0.006 (0.003–0.012)
	O3	54 (31–77)	0.024 (0.013–0.036)
	NO2	25 (20–36)	0.011 (0.009–0.017)
	All Three	92 (58–140)	0.042 (0.025–0.065)
Respiratory Hospitalizations	PM2.5	19 (9.8–28)	0.57 (0.29–0.84)
	O3	110 (40–180)	3.4 (1.2–5.5)
	PM2.5 and Ozone	130 (50–210)	3.9 (1.5–6.4)
Heart Attacks	PM2.5	16 (9.7–23)	1.1 (0.68–1.6)
	NO2	6.9 (3.7–10)	0.48 (0.26–0.7)
	PM2.5 and NO2	23 (13–33)	1.6 (0.94–2.3)
Total			7,400 (3,000–16,000)