Socioeconomic disparities in air pollution-associated mortality

摘要: This study aimed to determine whether individuals with lower socioeconomic status (SES) were more susceptible the acute effects of ambient air pollution than those higher SES. We included 24,357 Hong Kong Chinese aged 30 or above who died natural causes in 1998. Information on individual characteristics was obtained by interviewing proxy informants a standardized questionnaire all four death registries. Individual SES indicated three measures: type housing, occupational group and education attainment. Poisson regression performed assess short-term measured PM10, NO2, SO2 O3 mortality for each group. The differences between groups estimated interaction found that PM10 NO2 associated greater risk people living public rental housing private housing. pollutants significantly blue-collar workers never-employed white-collar (p<0.05). However, we no compelling evidence effect modification Our results provide new role individual's as modifiers mortality. reduction risks socially disadvantaged populations should be high priority health environmental policies.