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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 4.

2025 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) & Bell et al (2004) 3900 (2400–5400) 6700 (4100–9200) 2900 (1700–4100)
Lepeule et al (2012) & Levy et al (2005) 11 000 (6000–15 000) 18 000 (10 000–26 000) 8500 (5000–12 000)
Non-Fatal heart attacks
Peters et al (2001) 3200 (780–5600) 5700 (1400–10 000) 2100 (520–3700)
Pooled estimate of four studies 350 (130–930) 620 (230–1700) 230 (84–610)
Cardiovascular hospital admissions 820 (360–1500) 1500 (640–2700) 540 (240–990)
Respiratory hospital admissions 2100 ((590)–4500) 3600 ((1000)–7500) 2000 ((550)—4400)
Respiratory emergency Department visits 7400 ((180)–20 000) 12 000 ((380)–33 000) 7200 (130–21 000)
Acute bronchitis 4400 ((1000)–9800) 8000 ((1900)–18 000) 2900 ((680)—6500)
Acute respiratory symptoms 6 400 000 (3 600 000–9 300 000) 11 000 000 (6 100 000–15 000 000) 6 100 000 (3 200 000–9 100 000)
Aggravated asthma 1 900 000 ((1 500 000)–4 500 000) 3 000 000 ((2 400 000)–7 200 000) 2 000 000 ((1 700 000)—4 900 000)
Upper respiratory symptoms 80 000 (14 000–140 000) 140 000 (26 000–260 000) 53 000 (9500–95 000)
Lower respiratory symptoms 56 000 (21 000–91 000) 100 000 (39 000–160 000) 37 000 (14 000–60 000)
Lost work days 410 000 (340 000–470 000) 730 000 (620 000–840 000) 270 000 (230 000–310 000)
Lost school days 1 300 000 (460 000–2 900 000) 2 100 000 (740 000–4 600 000) 1 400 000 (510 000–3 200 000)