Air Quality and Respiratory Disease in Kaohsiung City

• Main Authors: Ming Tseng Lee, 李明燦
• Other Authors: Yu Jue Hong
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2001
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69816581057711984032

碩士 === 高雄醫學大學 === 公共衛生學研究所 === 89 === Purpose: The ambient air quality monitoring station of air pollutants values whether be stand for ambient air quality in that area and to estimate resident’s health condition or not from this study. Method: This study collect seven ambient air quality monitoring stations of air pollutants values in Kaohsiung City and national health insurance outpatient services database since 1997-1999. This study set research objects who live near the ambient air quality monitoring stations. Then we analyze all the data to find correlations. Result: For a long time, the air quality in Kaohsiung area is to be a bad condition. SO2 is only one pollutant have improved in four normail air pollutants. NO2 and PM10 concentration are most closely or over the air quality standard values. And ozone concentration is lower than air quality standard values now, but its concentration trend show that pollutant concentration more and more serious. Four air pollutants show their concentration is seasonal variation. NO2 ,PM10 concentration (acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis) correlate with acute respiratory diseases(R=0.31~0.48) and NO2 ,SO2 concentration (bronchitis ,COPD and athma) correlate with chronic respiratory diseases(R=0.27~0.42). But ozone don’t any correlation with acute and chronic diseases, maybe about lower concentration. In four air pollutants, SO2 is an important index effect about chronic respiratory diseases(R2=0.22~0.64) and NO2 is an important index effect about acute respiratory diseases(R2=0.17~0.46). Conclusion: Besides ozone, three air pollutants are different correlations with acute and chronic respiratory diseases. It lack of evidence to support, air pollutants will lead respiratory diseases occurred but respiratory diseases will to break out by air pollutants. Then this study find ambient air quality monitoring stations can be stand for ambient air quality in that area and to estimate resident’s health condition. Industrial and traffic area air quality monitoring station should add ozone monitor function because it will help to estimate ozone concentration correctly in our environment.