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. 2016 Oct 7;125(3):349–354. doi: 10.1289/EHP98

Table 2.

Percent change (95% confidence interval)a in number of deaths associated with air pollutant levels for different single-day lags.b

Deaths Percent change (95% confidence interval)
Lag 0 Lag 1 Lag 2
PM10
Nonaccidental 0.37 (0.20, 0.55) 0.54 (0.36, 0.72) 0.60 (0.40, 0.80)
Circulatory 0.01 (–0.27, 0.29) 0.16 (–0.14, 0.47) 0.40 (0.07, 0.73)
Cerebrovascular 1.60 (0.99, 2.22) 1.44 (0.74, 2.15) 0.04 (–0.58, 0.66)
Respiratory 1.33 (0.83, 1.83) 0.98 (0.41, 1.56) 0.61 (0.11, 1.12)
Chronic respiratory 1.43 (0.58, 2.27) 1.15 (0.18, 2.12) 0.56 (–0.29, 1.41)
Cancer 0.71 (0.27, 1.15) 0.55 (0.04, 1.06) 0.09 (–0.35, 0.54)
NO2
Nonaccidental 0.40 (0.21, 0.60) 0.50 (0.31, 0.70) 0.58 (0.38, 0.79)
Circulatory 0.31 (0.01, 0.61) 0.42 (0.11, 0.74) 0.55 (0.22, 0.89)
Cerebrovascular 1.51 (0.88, 2.14) 1.32 (0.63, 2.02) 0.17 (–0.48, 0.83)
Respiratory 1.22 (0.71, 1.74) 0.67 (0.10, 1.24) 0.41 (–0.12, 0.95)
Chronic respiratory 1.21 (0.34, 2.08) 0.74 (–0.22, 1.71) 0.49 (–0.42, 1.4)
Cancer 0.93 (0.48, 1.38) 0.48 (–0.01, 0.98) 0.02 (–0.45, 0.49)
CO
Nonaccidental 1.07 (0.68, 1.47) 1.04 (0.64, 1.44) 0.74 (0.32, 1.17)
Circulatory 0.84 (0.23, 1.45) 0.28 (–0.35, 0.92) –0.14 (–0.78, 0.50)
Cerebrovascular 2.39 (1.08, 3.71) 0.99 (–0.38, 2.39) 0.31 (–0.97, 1.59)
Respiratory 2.54 (1.47, 3.63) 1.66 (0.52, 2.80) 0.72 (–0.33, 1.78)
Chronic respiratory 2.19 (0.41, 4.01) 1.87 (–0.02, 3.79) 1.35 (–0.41, 3.13)
Cancer 1.40 (0.46, 2.35) 0.16 (–0.83, 1.16) –0.29 (–1.21, 0.63)
Notes: CO, carbon monoxide; NO2, nitrogen dioxide; PM10, particulate matter smaller than 10 μm. aAssociated with a 10-μg/m3 increase in PM10 and NO2 and with a 1-ppm increase in CO. bResults from a Poisson generalized additive model using single-day lag structures for PM10, NO2, and CO, adjusted by trend, seasonality, temperature, relative humidity, weekdays, and holidays.