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The Burden of Air Pollution: A Perspective on Global Health Inequalities
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: Received: 9 May 2023 / Approved: 10 May 2023 / Online: 10 May 2023 (08:04:40 CEST)
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Jakubowska, A. The Burden of Air Pollution: A Perspective on Global Health Inequalities. Pollutants 2023, 3, 419-436. Jakubowska, A. The Burden of Air Pollution: A Perspective on Global Health Inequalities. Pollutants 2023, 3, 419-436.
Abstract
The aim of the research presented here is to assess the magnitude of the burden of health limitations resulting from air pollution on the world's economies. This burden was determined by the estimated number of premature years of life lost (YLLs) or health lost (YLDs) due to air pollution-related diseases in the working-age population. Attention was drawn to the problem of existing inequalities in the global burden of national economies with different income levels. The hypothesis of a persistently high level of inequality was verified on the basis of an analysis of the convergence process in a group of 204 countries over the period 1990-2019. The results obtained indicate a strong variation in the level of health constraints caused by air pollution. The analysis of the catch-up process of the least advantaged countries (highest level of health constraints due to air pollution) did not show a positive convergence effect in the study group.
Keywords
air pollution; disease burden; YLLs; YLDs; health inequalities; productivity loss
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Pollution
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