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Spatiotemporal variation of ozone pollution and health effects in China

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With the rapid urbanization and industrialization in China, ozone pollution has become increasingly serious and poses a greater threat to human health. In this study, the spatiotemporal distribution of ozone pollution in China’s cities and urban agglomerations from 2015 to 2019 was analyzed. The health effects and health economic costs of ozone pollution in China were estimated by applying the environmental Benefits Map** and Analysis Program-Community Edition (BenMAP-CE) model. The results are as follows: (1) ozone pollution was more serious in Chinese urban agglomerations from 2015 to 2019; (2) the hot spots of ozone concentration mainly distributed in the North China Plain, expanding from north to south; the cold spots decreased year by year and were located in the northeast, northwest, and southwest of China, shifting from northwest to southwest; (3) the seasonal average of ozone concentration in China was the highest in summer, followed by spring and autumn, and the lowest in winter; (4) the number of all-cause premature deaths of ozone pollution in China increased slowly from 2015 to 2019, and the average of urban agglomerations was significantly higher than cities, with similar spatial distribution characteristics as ozone concentration; (5) the health economic costs of ozone pollution from 2015 to 2019 slowly expanded to surrounding cities with Bei**g, Shanghai, **’an, and Chongqing as the centers of high values, while the low value areas decreased year by year and were mainly concentrated in southwest and northeast China. The health economic costs of ozone pollution at urban agglomerations scale were higher in the eastern coastal regions and lower in the northwest inland regions. Thus, this study presents policy recommendations to provide decision-making reference for realizing the inter-regional prevention and control of ozone pollution.

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This research was funded by the “The Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China” (no. 41971178)

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  1. College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, **’an, 710127, China

    Dianyuan Zheng, **aojun Huang & Yuhui Guo

  2. Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, **’an, 710127, China

    **aojun Huang

  3. Shaanxi **’an Urban Forest Ecosystem Research Station, **’an, 710127, China

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ZD interpreted the data, reviewed the literature, and was the major contributor in writing the manuscript. GY contributed in the research article in collecting data from different sources and analyzing the data. Reviewing the final manuscript was done by ZD and HX.

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Zheng, D., Huang, X. & Guo, Y. Spatiotemporal variation of ozone pollution and health effects in China. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 57808–57822 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19935-z

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