Table 8

Attributable risks of mortality (1995–97) from different air quality variables

	PM₁₀, 1995–97   All locations		PM₁₀, 1989–91   All locations		PM₁₀, 1995–97   TSP, 1960–64		PM₁₀, 1989–91   TSP, 1960–64		PM_2.5, 1999 All locations		PM_2.5, 1979–84   All locations												PM_2.5, 1999 PM_2.5, 1979–84
	Risk	SE	Risk	SE	Risk	SE	Risk	SE	Risk	SE	Risk	SE	Risk	SE
Ages 15–44	−0.0074	0.0289	0.0311	0.0288	0.1055*	0.0481	0.0895	0.0463	0.0391	0.0264	0.0806	0.0700	0.0634	0.0705
Ages 45–64	0.0067	0.0219	−0.0126	0.0175	0.0458	0.0371	0.0114	0.0293	0.0509*	0.0200	0.1038*	0.0523	0.1037*	0.0528
Ages 65–74	0.0105	0.0192	−0.0302	0.0146	−0.0284	0.0265	−0.0311	0.0201	0.0258	0.0170	0.0203	0.0266	−0.0055	0.0287
Ages 76–84	−0.0100	0.0184	−0.0357*	0.0144	−0.0373	0.0273	−0.0601*	0.0212	0.0086	0.0174	0.0288	0.0363	–0.0306	0.0352
Ages ≥85	−0.0025	0.0146	−0.0106	0.0119	−0.0090	0.0209	−0.0167	0.0172	0.0084	0.0141	0.0299	0.0270	0.0017	0.0263
Log mean	−0.0014	0.0127	−0.0104	0.0101	0.0125	0.0198	0.0012	0.0142	0.0215	0.0117	0.0248	0.0248	0.0091	0.0246

	TSP ,1989–91  All locations		TSP, 1979–81  All locations		TSP, 1970–74  All locations		TSP, 1960–64  ll locations		TSP, 1979–81  TSP, 1960–64
Ages 15–44	0.0318	0.0258	0.0345	0.0214	0.0085	0.0161	0.0538*	0.0263	0.0798*	0.0403
Ages 45–64	−0.0104	0.0084	0.0	0.0057	−0.0027	0.0037	0.0093*	0.0047	0.0031	0.0115
Ages 65–74	−0.0025	0.0072	0.0099*	0.0049	0.0042	0.0031	0.0048	0.0035	0.0077	0.0086
Ages 75–84	−0.0080	0.0068	0.0091*	0.0045	0.0030	0.0029	0.0042	0.0035	0.0051	0.0085
Ages ≥85	−0.0066	0.0057	0.0026	0.0040	0.0005	0.0025	0.0087*	0.0027	0.0060	0.0067
Log mean	−0.0009	0.0060	0.0068*	0.0033	0.0006	0.0022	0.0061*	0.0026	−0.0073	0.0064

	SO₄²⁻,1982–88  All locations		Fine SO₄²⁻,79–84  All locations		SO₄²⁻,1979–81  All locations		SO₄²⁻, 1970–74  All locations		SO₄²⁻, 1960–64  All locations		SO₄²⁻, 1979–81  fine SO₄²⁻,79–84
Ages 15–44	−0.0191*	0.0080	0.0775	0.0465	−0.0188	0.0131	0.0067	0.0138	0.0438*	0.0122	0.0444	0.0376
Ages 45–64	0.0116	0.0063	0.0992*	0.0340	0.0129	0.0102	0.0266*	0.0108	0.0381*	0.0087	0.0413	0.0281
Ages 65–74	0.0197*	0.0040	0.0484*	0.0189	0.0135	0.0072	0.0032	0.0074	0.0003	0.0062	0.0304*	0.0148
Ages 75–84	0.0230*	0.0037	0.0427	0.0236	0.0210*	0.0071	−0.0010	0.0072	−0.0045	0.0066	0.0516*	0.0157
Ages ≥85	0.0107*	0.0033	0.0459*	0.0164	0.0173*	0.0053	0.0104	0.0056	0.0142*	0.0047	0.0363*	0.0103
Log mean	0.0018	0.0030	0.0440*	0.0155	−0.0025	0.0054	−0.0036	0.0058	0.0099*	0.0047	0.0243*	0.0096

	SO₂, 1995–97  All locations		SO₂, 1989–91  All locations		SO₂, 1979–81  All locations		SO₂, 1970–74  All locations		SO₂, 1960–69  All locations		SO₂, 1995–97  SO₂, 1970–74		SO₂, 1989–91  SO₂, 1970–74
Ages 15–44	−0.0080	0.0187	0.0187	0.0163	0.0263	0.0143	0.0337*	0.0155	0.0722	0.0499	0.0067	0.0274	0.0302	0.0253
Ages 45–64	−0.0002	0.0134	0.0169	0.0123	0.0339*	0.0107	0.0446*	0.0177	0.0524	0.0416	0.0148	0.0211	0.0633*	0.0195
Ages 65–74	0.0168	0.0107	0.0072	0.0097	0.0122	0.0091	0.0079	0.0087	−0.0213	0.0196	−0.0109	0.0141	0.0047	0.0131
Ages 75–84	0.0126	0.0115	0.0102	0.0100	0.0096	0.0087	0.0046	0.0096	−0.0006	0.0261	0.0061	0.0155	0.0073	0.0146
Ages ≥85	0.0311*	0.0084	0.0218*	0.0077	0.0102	0.0066	0.0050	0.0064	0.0236	0.0180	0.0156	0.0106	0.0145	0.0100
Log mean	0.0148	0.0079	0.0143	0.0129	0.0126*	0.0063	0.0161*	0.0063	0.0110	0.0164	−0.0049	0.0108	0.0093	0.0100

	NO₂, 1995–97  All locations		NO₂, 1989–91  All locations		NO₂, 1979–81  All locations		NO₂, 1970–74  All locations		NO₂, 1960–69  All locations		NO₂, 1995–97  PM_2.5,1979–84
p<0.05.
Ages 15–44	0.1304*	0.0250	0.1248*	0.0267	0.1165*	0.0244	0.1177*	0.0315	0.0403	0.1116	0.1791*	0.0604
Ages 45–64	0.1070*	0.0190	0.1148*	0.0227	0.0974*	0.0202	0.0830*	0.0239	0.0642	0.0969	0.1444*	0.0438
Ages 65–74	−0.0279	0.0149	−0.0222	0.0173	−0.0217	0.0152	−0.0234	0.0173	−0.0026	0.0388	−0.0232	0.0202
Ages 75–84	−0.0599*	0.0161	−0.0607*	0.0188	−0.0678*	0.0159	−0.0465*	0.0185	−0.0261	0.0412	−0.0885*	0.0260
Ages ≥85	−0.0396*	0.0128	−0.0271*	0.0133	−0.0278*	0.0106	−0.0187	0.0120	−0.0027	0.0339	−0.0543*	0.0194
Log mean	0.0101	0.0110	0.0155	0.0125	0.0239*	0.0108	0.0112	0.0126	−0.0029	0.0357	0.0031	0.0184

	Peak O₃,1995–97  All locations		Peak O₃,1989–91  All locations		Peak O₃,1979–81  All locations		Peak O₃,1970–74  All locations		Peak O₃,1995–97  PM_2.5,1979–84
Ages 15–44	−0.0215	0.0680	0.0334	0.0495	0.0505*	0.0277	−0.0259	0.0398	0.1814	0.1701
Ages 45–64	0.0477	0.0500	0.0556	0.0387	0.0257	0.0206	−0.0042	0.0314	0.2324	0.1311
Ages 65–74	0.1576*	0.0421	0.0608*	0.0309	0.0261	0.0163	0.0409*	0.0210	0.0884	0.0680
Ages 75–84	0.1372*	0.0425	0.0525	0.0316	0.0114	0.0167	0.0344	0.0237	0.1006	0.0836
Ages ≥85	0.0681	0.0348	0.0252	0.0252	−0.0152	0.0137	0.0189	0.0157	0.0781	0.0607
Log mean	0.0184	0.0284	0.0003	0.0189	0.0130	0.0115	0.0067	0.0147	0.0259	0.0542

	Peak CO, 95–97  All locations		Peak CO, 1989–91  All locations		Peak CO, 1979–81  All locations		Peak CO, 1970–74  All locations		Peak CO, 1960–69  All locations
*p<0.05.
Ages 15–44	0.0344	0.0256	0.0289	0.0248	0.0336	0.0176	0.0464*	0.0202	0.0679	0.0441
Ages 45–64	−0.0203	0.0198	−0.0192	0.0192	−0.0037	0.0135	0.0202	0.0155	0.0772	0.0405
Ages 65–74	−0.0346*	0.0146	−0.0466*	0.0140	−0.0298*	0.0096	−0.0032	0.0112	0.0059	0.0173
Ages 75–84	−0.0378*	0.0161	−0.0497*	0.0147	−0.0301*	0.0105	−0.0157	0.0122	−0.0085	0.0213
Ages ≥85	−0.0283*	0.0119	−0.0301*	0.0108	−0.0087	0.0078	−0.0142	0.0084	−0.0158	0.0162
Log mean	−0.0188	0.0103	−0.0240*	0.0096	−0.0094	0.0071	0.0007	0.0077	0.0162	0.0149