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. 2014 Nov 14;2014:599–605.

TABLE 3.

Number and percentage of 3,090 stillbirths and 707,110 live births within range of pollution monitoring stations.

Pollutant Stillbirths within
5 km
Stillbirths within
10 km
Stillbirths within
15 km
Live births within
5 km
Live births within
10 km
Live births within
15 km
CO 611 19.8% 1,061 34.3% 1,428 46.2% 93,658 13.2% 200,399 28.3% 288,023 40.7%
Pb 527 17.1% 1,107 35.8% 1,451 47.0% 81,601 11.5% 202,609 28.7% 299,932 42.4%
NO2 237 7.7% 446 14.4% 574 18.6% 34,487 4.9% 80,334 11.4% 114,228 16.2%
O3 728 23.6% 1,741 56.3% 2,198 71.1% 137,521 19.4% 350,055 49.5% 474,048 67.0%
PM2.5 1,004 32.5% 1,782 57.7% 2,095 67.8% 173,391 24.5% 345,782 48.9% 447,803 63.3%
SO2 516 16.7% 1,104 35.7% 1,583 51.2% 88,784 12.6% 219,416 31.0% 329,355 46.6%

All 104 3.4% 335 10.8% 505 16.3% 14,632 2.1% 57,271 8.1% 96,676 13.7%
None 1,809 58.5% 1,037 33.6% 738 23.9% 457,085 64.6% 276,543 39.1% 182,622 25.8%