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. 2012 Oct 12;6(2):473–486. doi: 10.1007/s11869-012-0185-4

Table 2.

Effect estimates used in ozone health burden analysis

Health effect Outcome definitions Age group Exposure metric Effect estimate Study location Source of effect estimate
Premature mortality Cause specific mortality ICD-9: 390–448, 490–496, 487, 480–486, 507 All ages Daily 24-h average 2.33 % Increase in cardiovascular and respiratory mortality per 10 ppb increase in ozone levels over the previous week New York City Huang et al. (2005)
Emergency department visits—asthma ICD-9:493 All ages Daily 8-h maximum Relative risk of 1.32 per 53.5 ppb increase in ozone New York City Ito et al. (2007)
Hospital admissions—asthma ICD-9:493, cases listed as “emergency” or “urgent” All ages Daily 8-h maximum Relative risk of 1.06–1.20 (varies by age group) per 22 ppb increase in ozone New York City Silverman and Ito (2010)