Air Pollution and Mortality at the Intersection of Race and Social Class

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 388; no. 15; pp. 1396 - 1404
• Main Authors: Josey, Kevin P., Delaney, Scott W., Wu, Xiao, Nethery, Rachel C., DeSouza, Priyanka, Braun, Danielle, Dominici, Francesca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 13-04-2023
• Subjects: Aged; Air Pollutants - adverse effects; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air pollution; Air Pollution - adverse effects; Air Pollution - analysis; Air Pollution - statistics & numerical data; and Inclusion; Black or African American - statistics & numerical data; Climate Change; Climate Change General; Critical Care; Critical Care General; Disease Susceptibility - economics; Disease Susceptibility - epidemiology; Disease Susceptibility - ethnology; Disease Susceptibility - mortality; Diversity; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Equity; Ethnicity; Health disparities; Health Inequities; Humans; Medicare - statistics & numerical data; Mortality; Outdoor air quality; Particulate matter; Particulate Matter - adverse effects; Particulate Matter - analysis; Poverty - statistics & numerical data; Public Health; Public Health General; Pulmonary; Race; Race Factors - statistics & numerical data; Racial Groups - statistics & numerical data; Racial identity; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Subpopulations; United States - epidemiology; White - statistics & numerical data; United States; United States > US
• ISSN: 0028-4793; 1533-4406; 1533-4406
• DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa2300523

In this large study, the mortality benefits of reducing levels of fine particulate matter air pollution were greater for low-income and higher-income Black persons and for low-income White persons than for higher-income White persons.