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The short-term effect of PM2.5/O3 on daily mortality from 2013 to 2018 in Hefei, China

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This research intends to explore the short-term impacts of PM2.5/O3 on daily death in Hefei from 2013 to 2018. Data on daily death of Hefei residents, meteorological factors, and air pollutants were collected from Jan 1, 2013, to Dec 31, 2018. The correlation between PM2.5/O3 and daily death in Hefei during the research period was studied by time series analysis. From 2013 to 2018, there were 61,683 non-accidental deaths, including 27,431 cardiovascular deaths, 5587 respiratory deaths, 20,921 malignant tumor deaths, and 1674 diabetes deaths, in Hefei. Annual mean concentrations of PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, CO, and O3 in Hefei were 66.18, 92.37, 39.75, 15.39, 930, and 79.08 μg m−3, respectively. An increase of 10 μg m−3 in PM2.5 was related with 0.53% (95% CI 0.31–0.75%), 0.93% (95% CI 0.60–1.26%), 0.90% and (95% CI 0.23–1.57%) increase in non-accidental, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases mortality, respectively. The association between ozone and mortality was not significant. In cold seasons, PM2.5 had a stronger effect on the deaths resulting from non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases. The effect of O3 on deaths was not significantly different between the cold season and the warm season. Women and the elders (over 65 years) were at high risk of being affected by PM2.5/O3. Short-term exposure to PM2.5 was positively correlated with increased deaths due to non-accidental, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in Hefei. Females and elders were more vulnerable to PM2.5/O3 exposure. No significant associations were observed between ozone and deaths from non-accidental, cardiovascular, respiratory, malignant tumors, and diabetes diseases.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank all the staff of Hefei Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of Anhui Province for their strong support in this study. We would like to thank the Platform of Environmental Exposure and Life Health Research at Anhui Medical University.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81872580), the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (No. 1708085MH220), Anhui Province Science and Technology Innovation Project Demonstration Project (No. 201707d08050003), the Foundation of Natural Science for Colleges and Universities in Anhui Province (No. KJ2018A0167), the Project Foundation for the Young Talents in Colleges of Anhui Province (No. gxyq2017003), the Grant for Scientific Research of BSKY from Anhui Medical University (No. XJ201621), and the Student’s Platform for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program of China (No. 201810366031).

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  1. **nmiao Sui and Junqing Zhang have contributed equally to this work and should be considered co-first authors.

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  1. Department of Occupational Health and Environment Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China

    **nmiao Sui, Qi Zhang, Shu Sun, Ruoqian Lei, Chao Zhang, Han Cheng, Liu Ding, Rui Ding & Jiyu Cao

  2. Hefei Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of Anhui, Hefei, Anhui, China

    Junqing Zhang, Changchun **ao & **aoru Li

  3. Department of Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China

    Chao Zhang

  4. Department of Teaching Center for Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China

    Jiyu Cao

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Sui, X., Zhang, J., Zhang, Q. et al. The short-term effect of PM2.5/O3 on daily mortality from 2013 to 2018 in Hefei, China. Environ Geochem Health 43, 153–169 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00689-x

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