Cities Kill!

I keep saying, urban life is not for the faint of heart. New article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (here's the abstract; fulltext is subscriber-only) says that elevated ozone events correlate to increased deaths. They looked at 95 cities; here's the salient bit from the abstract: A 10-ppb increase in the previous weekï¿½s ozone was associated with a 0.52% increase in daily mortality (95% posterior interval [PI], 0.27%-0.77%) and a 0.64% increase in cardiovascular and respiratory mortality (95% PI, 0.31%-0.98%).

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November 16, 2004, 3:44 PM PST

By Anonymous

I keep saying, urban life is not for the faint of heart. New article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (here's the abstract; fulltext is subscriber-only) says that elevated ozone events correlate to increased deaths.

They looked at 95 cities; here's the salient bit from the abstract:

A 10-ppb increase in the previous weekï¿½s ozone was associated with a 0.52% increase in daily mortality (95% posterior interval [PI], 0.27%-0.77%) and a 0.64% increase in cardiovascular and respiratory mortality (95% PI, 0.31%-0.98%).

Honestly it looks like a lot of correlative statistical hand-waving to me. But then again, I grew up in LA. Ozone just makes me stronger, and more likely to weave into your lane.

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