Influence of Tobacco Consumption and Air Pollution on Lung Cancer Mortality of Permanent Residents in Beijing Urban Area / 环境与健康杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the trend of lung cancer mortality of permanent residents in Beijing urban area caused by the influence of per capita tobacco consumption and air pollution.Methods Data of lung cancer mortality,air pollution and tobacco consumption from 1982 to 2005 was collected from published year books and Beijing cancer registration division.Trend analysis was applied to test significance of trend of lung cancer mortality of permanent resident in Beijing urban area.Distributed lag model was applied to determine the influence of per capita tobacco consumption and air pollution on lung cancer mortality by Eviews software package.Results Lung cancer mortality of permanent residents in Beijing urban area elevated from 19.74/100 000 in 1982 to 44.73/100 000 in 2005.In the distributed lag model for lung cancer mortality,with per capita tobacco consumption as independent variable,comprehensive index of air pollution,NO2 and PM10 were not statistical significant,while SO2 had statistical significance(P