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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Health
  • Public Health
  • Regional Disparities

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  • Growing concerns link environmental quality to human health outcomes.
  • Mortality is a key indicator of human health, reflecting population well-being.
  • Regional variations in China necessitate localized environmental health assessments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate regional mortality differences in China using deviation decomposition.
  • To analyze the linear and nonlinear relationships between environmental factors and mortality.
  • To identify key environmental and socioeconomic determinants of mortality.

Main Methods:

  • Deviation decomposition to analyze regional mortality changes.
  • Semi-parametric additive panel models to assess environmental-mortality links.
  • Analysis of environmental pollution index, urban green area, physician availability, and GDP per capita.

Main Results:

  • Significant regional mortality gaps exist, with the middle and western regions showing notable increases and contributing to overall differences.
  • Mortality rates decline with increased urban green space but rise with higher environmental pollution index.
  • Environmental pollution index, urban green area, physician density, and per capita GDP exhibit nonlinear associations with mortality.

Conclusions:

  • Regional disparities are a major driver of mortality differences in China.
  • Environmental quality, specifically pollution levels and green space availability, directly influences mortality.
  • Complex, nonlinear relationships exist between socioeconomic and environmental factors and human mortality.