租金作为一个有毒的暴露:布朗克斯和曼哈顿
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Public health in practice (Oxford, England)
|October 29, 2025
概括
纽约市租金上与负面的公共卫生结果相关. 租金中位数的增加与较低的出生率,更高的肥胖率以及因药物过量和脑血管疾病增加的死亡率有关.
科学领域:
- 城市卫生 城市卫生
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
- 环境健康 环境健康
背景情况:
- 纽约市面临严重的住房短缺,特别是低成本租,导致租金上和违法行为.
- 住房成本的上升对全球城市人口构成了重大挑战.
- 住房成本对公共卫生的影响需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 调查纽约市布朗克斯和曼哈顿区的中位租金和公共卫生指标之间的关联.
- 为了确定房租上是否与特定的不良健康结果相关.
- 探索租金与健康关系中的潜在值效应.
主要方法:
- 美国社区调查 (2005-2021) 中位数租金数据.
- 公共卫生数据 (出生率,低体重出生,肥胖,药物过量死亡率,脑血管疾病,心脏病,糖尿病) 来自纽约市卫生部.
- 使用双变量和多变量回归分析来评估关联.
主要成果:
- 租金中位数与出生率有很强的负相关性,与肥胖患病率有积极相关性.
- 低体重出生率 (布朗克斯),药物过量死亡率 (布朗克斯和曼哈顿) 和脑血管死亡率 (布朗克斯) 最初下降,但随后上升,与中位数租金相关.
- 心脏病和糖尿病的死亡率表现出值效应,但平稳而不是增加.
结论:
- 中位租金的作用类似于有毒化学品,诱导公共卫生退化,一些结果显示值效应,类似于暴露.
- 调查结果表明,与有毒物质一样,租金应该受到监管,以减轻对公共健康的影响.
- 针对租金控制的政策干预可能是必要的,以保护城市的公共健康.
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