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Published in final edited form as: Environ Res Lett. 2020 Jul 6;15(7):10.1088/1748-9326/ab83a8. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab83a8

Table 3.

2011 health burden for aggregated non-road, on-road and air/rail/marine sectors.

Non-road On-road Air/Rail/Marine
Premature death
Krewski et al (2009) [26] & Bell et al (2004) [27] 5400 (3400–7400) 12 000 (7200–16 000) 4000 (2500–5400)
Lepeule et al (2012) [28] & Levy et al (2005) [29] 14 000 (7600–20 000) 31 000 (17 000–45 000) 10 000 (5700–15 000)
Non-fatal heart attacks
Peters etal (2001) [30] 10 000 (5200–16 000) 22 000 (11 000–33 000) 7700 (3800–11 000)
Pooled estimate of four studies 460 (170–1200) 970 (360–2600) 330 (120–890)
Cardiovascular hospital admissions 1100 (490–1900) 2300 (1000–4100) 790 (350–1400)
Respiratory hospital admissions 2100 ((530)–4400) 5000 ((1300)–10 000) 1600 ((410)–3300)
Respiratory emergency department visits 9200 ((520)–24 000) 21 000 ((710)–62 000) 6700 ((320)–18 000)
Acute bronchitis 7100 ((1700)–16 000) 15 000 ((3600)–34 000) 5200 ((1200)–12 000)
Acute respiratory symptoms 8 700 000 (5 100 000–12 000 000) 20 000 000 (12 000 000–29 000 000) 6 500 000 (3 800 000–9 200 000)
Aggravated asthma 2 300 000 ((1 800 000)–5 500 000) 5 700 000 ((4 700 000)–14 000 000) 1 700 000 ((1 400 000)–4 200 000)
Upper respiratory symptoms 130 000 (24 000–240 000) 280 000 (50 000–500 000) 95 000 (17 000–170 000)
Lower respiratory symptoms 91 000 (35 000–150 000) 190 000 (74 000–310 000) 67 000 (25 000–110 000)
Lost work days 650 000 (550 000–750 000) 1 400 000 (1 200 000–1 600 000) 480 000 (410 000–550 000)
Lost school days 1 600 000 (550 000–3 500 000) 4 000 000 (1 400 000–8 800 000) 1 200 000 (420 000–2 600 000)