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Table 1 Summary of AIGE per 100,000 population per unit air pollutant concentration increments using data from 2005 to 2019

From: Effects of regional air pollutants on respiratory diseases in the basin metropolitan area of central Taiwan

Air pollutants

Urban

Suburban

Rural

Lung cancer

 PM2.5

0.1

0.1

0.1

(-0.25 − 0.47; -0.20 − 1.86)

(-0.1 − 0.6; -0.7 − 3.5)

(-0.1 − 0.7; -2.2 − 11.0)

 ODO

0.1

0.0

0.0

(0.10 − 0.76; 0.01 − 1.35)

(0.0 − 0.6; -0.2 − 1.1)

(-0.6 − 0.2; -0.3 − 1.1)

 NMHC

14

7

8

(-41.9 − 56.1; 15.8 − 317.1)

(-64.0 − 27.4; -40.8 − 264.2)

(-71.2 − 25.4; -82.0 − 206.4)

COPD

 PM2.5

1.8

0.9

0.0

(3.2 − 25.4; 19.6 − 68.2)

(-1.6 − 14.4; -1.5 − 127.4)

(-10.3 − 5.2; -138.5 − 118.3)

 ODO

0.5

0.4

0.2

(13.5 − 44.5; 21.0 − 65.0)

(9.6 − 38.4; 16.0 − 55.3)

(-15.3 − 23.9; -18.6 − 31.1)

 NMHC

478

236

28

(1716.5 − 6247.4; 5900.5 − 17,881.6)

(916.0 − 4396.3; 1882.2 − 10,734.4)

(-1099.8 − 2423.1; -3568.9 − 3728.4)

Asthma

 PM2.5

1.3

0.7

-0.1

(-0.9 − 19.7; -3.1 − 41.9)

(-4.8 − 10.5; -5.8 − 116.8)

(-11.6 − 3.5; -158.0 − 109.0)

 ODO

0.4

0.4

0.2

(5.9 − 40.6; 12.2 − 55.0)

(3.3 − 35.3; 9.6 − 49.0)

(-19.7 − 22.2; -17.1 − 32.0)

 NMHC

366

189

20

(763.2 − 5507.7; 3460.3 − 15,125.4)

(306.5 − 3921.1; 1177.4 − 9495.0)

(-1143.9 − 2599.7; -3858.9 − 3157.3)

Pneumonia

 PM2.5

0.4

0.5

0.6

(-6.2 − -0.3; -6.7 − 16.5)

(-3.8 − 2.6; -9.9 − 35.0)

(0.3 − 5.5; -89.3 − 112.5)

 ODO

0.2

0.3

0.2

(-3.5 − 1.6; -8.0 − 4.2)

(-3.4 − 2.2; -7.0 − 5.5)

(-5.8 − 1.1; -2.3 − 11.8)

 NMHC

44

49

69

(-718.0 − 45.8; -1273.0 − 1976.9)

(-535.9 − 269.3; -1349.5 − 1410.4)

(-409.5 − 410.9; -359.9 − 2454.1)

  1. The numbers in parentheses are the minimum and maximum error estimates of yearly AIR from 2005 to2019