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. 2021 May 28;32(4):469–476. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001354

TABLE 2.

Life Expectancy at Three Counterfactual Exposures for Each Pollutant (i.e., Had the Entire Population Been Exposed at That Concentration) Controlling for the Other Pollutants and Covariatesa Using Inverse Probability Weighting Separately for Each Year of Age

Counterfactual Exposure Level Mean Life Expectancy (Years) % Dying Age 75 or Younger (%) % Living Past Age 85 (%)
PM2.5 (µg/m3)
 7 82.8 22.5 41.9
 10 82.6 23.1 41.2
 12 82.5 23.6 40.7
O3v (ppb)
 35 82.75 22.7 41.7
 40 82.67 22.9 41.4
 45 82.59 23.1 41.0
NO2 (ppb)
 10 82.7 22.8 41.5
 15 82.7 22.8 41.5
 20 82.7 22.8 41.5
Blacks
PM2.5 (µg/m3)
 7 81.39 28.3 35.1
 10 81.07 29.7 33.7
 12 80.85 30.6 32.8
O3 (ppb)
 35 81.05 29.7 33.7
 40 81.02 29.8 33.6
 45 80.98 30.0 33.4
NO2 (ppb)
 10 81.00 29.9 33.4
 15 81.01 29.8 33.5
 20 81.02 29.8 33.5
Whites
PM2.5 (µg/m3)
 7 82.88 22.10 42.40
 10 82.69 22.82 41.55
 12 82.56 23.32 40.98
O3 (ppb)
 35 82.83 22.3 42.2
 40 82.74 22.6 41.8
 45 82.65 22.8 41.3
NO2 (ppb)
 10 82.77 22.5 41.9
 15 82.77 22.5 41.9
 20 82.76 22.5 41.8
a

Age specific models control for race, sex, Medicaid eligibility, calendar year, median household income, median home value, percent of owner-occupied housing, percent persons age ≥65 living in poverty, population density, percent of persons with <high school education, lung cancer rate, body mass index, percent of smokers in population, percent of population who are Hispanic, percent of population who are Black, percent of persons age ≥65 who had an annual checkup, who had a mammogram, who had an eye exam, who had a hemoglobin A1c test, and who had a LDL cholesterol test, and distance to nearest hospital. For each pollutant, the model includes the other two pollutants.

LDL indicates low-density lipoprotein.