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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 26.
Published in final edited form as: Air Qual Atmos Health. 2015 Feb 23;9(1):51–68. doi: 10.1007/s11869-015-0321-z

Table 2.

National mortality in the USA in 2008 attributed to PM2.5 exposure estimated using various modeled and re-gridded resolutions

Species Modeled output
Re-gridded output
0.5×0.66°
2×2.5°
1×1.25°
2×2.5°
4×5°
Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI
 BC 13,280    8993−17,557 11,211    7590−14,827 12,305    8331−16,271 11,320    7664−14,970 9082    6147−12,014
 NH4 20,464 13,862−27,048 18,471 12,511−24,417 19,560 13,250−25,856 19,343 13,102−25,568 17,782 12,043−23,507
 NIT 32,683 22,175−43,140 30,535 20,717−40,305 30,163 20,461−39,820 29,659 20,119−39,156 26,548 18,005−35,055
 SO4 32,539 22,065−42,972 26,795 18,161−35,400 32,348 21,935−42,720 32,252 21,870−42,593 30,761 20,856−40,629
 OC 40,144 27,246−52,974 36,540 24,790−48,235 38,459 26,098−50,760 36,593 24,827−48,304 32,382 21,960−42,761
 DST 7372    4988−9753 10,177    6888−13,461 7374    4990−9756 7411    5015−9804 7469    5054−9880
PM2.5 total 142,342 97,463−186,431 130,249 89,089−170,746 136,433 93,362−178,782 132,955 90,963−174,256 121,050 82,725−158,804