Table 5.

Change in ${\mathrm{PM}}_{2.5}$-attributable deaths from ${1\mathrm{\mu }\mathrm{g}/\mathrm{m}}^3$ uniform increase in ${\mathrm{PM}}_{2.5}$.

Functional form	Reference	Mortality rates	2014 National Emissions Inventory (thousand deaths)	Plus ${1\mathrm{\mu }\mathrm{g}/\mathrm{m}}^3$ (thousand deaths)	Difference, thousand deaths (%)	Monetary cost ($\$\text{\hspace{0.17em}millions}$ 2014)
Linear CRF	Di et al. 2017	Weighted average	121.3	134.2	12.9 (10.6)	112,320
Linear CRF	Di et al. 2017	Race/ethnicity-specific	121.3	134.2	12.9 (10.6)	112,320
Race/ethnicity-specific linear CRF	Di et al. 2017	Weighted average	132.4	145.9	13.5 (10.2)	113,400
Race/ethnicity-specific linear CRF	Di et al. 2017	Race/ethnicity-specific	132.7	146.2	13.5 (10.2)	113,400

Note: Weighted-average mortality rates imply a mortality rate that is a population-weighted average across all racial/ethnic categories. The relevant CRFs are from Di et al. (2017); see Table 2. CRF, concentration–response function.