Acute health effects of bushfire smoke on mortality in Sydney, Australia.

Background: Bushfire smoke is a major ongoing environmental hazard in Australia. In the summer of 2019-2020 smoke from an extreme bushfire event exposed large populations to high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) pollution. In this study we aimed to estimate the effect of bushfire-related PM of less than 2.

Avoidable Mortality Attributable to Anthropogenic Fine Particulate Matter (PM) in Australia.

Ambient fine particulate matter <2.5 µm (PM) air pollution increases premature mortality globally. Some PM is natural, but anthropogenic PM is comparatively avoidable.

The mortality effect of PM sources in the Greater Metropolitan Region of Sydney, Australia.

We describe an assessment of the impact on mortality of eight major sources of PM in the Greater Metropolitan Region of Sydney, Australia (GMR). We modeled exposure to PM for the year July 2010 to June 2011 and estimated the burden of current mortality attributable to these sources. We also estimated the number of life-years that would be produced if emissions from wood heaters and power stations, the two largest emissions sources, were reduced.

Impact of emergency department occupancy on waiting times, rates of admission and representation, and length of stay when hospitalised: A data linkage study.

Objectives: To assess the association between ED occupancy and relevant outcomes including ED waiting times, rates of admission and representation and length of stay when hospitalised.

Methods: Retrospective study of all ED presentations by New South Wales (NSW), Australia, residents to 15 NSW public, principal referral or paediatric specialist hospitals between 1 January to 31 December 2015 (N = 935 282). ED data were linked longitudinally (to ED data) and cross-sectionally to hospital admissions data.

Age and cause-of-death contributions to area socioeconomic, sex and remoteness differences in life expectancy in New South Wales, 2010-2012.

Objectives: To determine age group- and cause-of-death-specific contributions to area socioeconomic status (SES), sex and remoteness life expectancy inequalities.

Methods: Mortality and estimated residential population data from New South Wales, Australia, over 2010-2012 was used to calculate life expectancy. Inequalities by sociodemographic groups were partitioned into age group- and cause-of-death-specific contributions.

The health impacts and economic value of wildland fire episodes in the U.S.: 2008-2012.

Introduction: Wildland fires degrade air quality and adversely affect human health. A growing body of epidemiology literature reports increased rates of emergency departments, hospital admissions and premature deaths from wildfire smoke exposure.

Objective: Our research aimed to characterize excess mortality and morbidity events, and the economic value of these impacts, from wildland fire smoke exposure in the U.

Patterns of low acuity patient presentations to emergency departments in New South Wales, Australia.

Objective: To explore the patterns of low acuity patient (LAP) presentations to EDs in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

Methods: Retrospective study of NSW public hospital ED presentations between January 2013 and December 2014 that were registered in the NSW Emergency Department Data Collection (n = 409 035). LAPs were defined according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), Sprivulis and multiple ACEM methods.

Socioeconomic, remoteness and sex differences in life expectancy in New South Wales, Australia, 2001-2012: a population-based study.

Objectives: Despite being one of the healthiest countries in the world, Australia displays substantial mortality differentials by socioeconomic disadvantage, remoteness and sex. In this study, we examined how these mortality differentials translated to differences in life expectancy between 2001 and 2012.

Design And Setting: Population-based study using mortality and estimated residential population data from Australia's largest state, New South Wales (NSW), between 2001 and 2012.

The mortality effect of ship-related fine particulate matter in the Sydney greater metropolitan region of NSW, Australia.

This study investigates the mortality effect of primary and secondary PM2.5 related to ship exhaust in the Sydney greater metropolitan region of Australia. A detailed inventory of ship exhaust emissions was used to model a) the 2010/11 concentration of ship-related PM2.

The health benefits of reducing air pollution in Sydney, Australia.

Among industrialised countries, fine particle (PM2.5) and ozone levels in the Sydney metropolitan area of Australia are relatively low. Annual mean PM2.