Table 2.
Percent increase for 10 μg/m 3 increase in the two days average PM 2.5 : Combined across the 121 communities
| % | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
1) Mortality |
|
|
|
| All deaths |
0.64 |
0.42 |
0.85 |
| Deaths without medical conditions |
0.60 |
0.36 |
0.84 |
|
Mortality by previous cause of hospitalization |
|
|
|
| Alzheimer's disease |
1.04 |
0.36 |
1.72 |
| Dementia |
0.94 |
0.01 |
1.89 |
| Parkinson's disease |
1.15 |
0.09 |
2.23 |
| Multiple Sclerosis |
4.01 |
-0.03 |
8.21 |
| Diabetes |
0.76 |
0.39 |
1.12 |
|
2) Cause specific hospitalizations |
|
|
|
| Alzheimer's disease |
0.20 |
-1.26 |
1.69 |
| Dementia |
0.92 |
-0.44 |
2.30 |
| Parkinson's disease |
3.23 |
1.08 |
5.43 |
| Diabetes | 1.14 | 0.56 | 1.73 |
1) Total Mortality in all Medicare Deaths and in subjects with previous cause-specific hospital admissions.
2) Cause-specific Primary Emergency Hospitalizations.