National Air Pollution and COVID-19 Data by Health Region

National Air Pollution and COVID-19 Data by Health Region The file comprises COVID-19 case counts, population, demographic and air pollution data by health region. The data were employed in a national ecological study of the association between air pollution and incidence of COVID-19. Data were obtained from the COVID-19 Canada Open Data portal, the Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE), Statistics Canada and Google COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports. The study found that there was a positive association between COVID-19 incidence and long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5). The association was larger in magnitude and stronger in health regions with higher rates of COVID-19, and in those health regions where estimated exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is expected to be more accurate. The results require further examination using studies based on individual-level rather than area-level data. Supporting documentation: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110052 2022-04-13 Health Canada open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca Health and Safetyair pollutionfine particulate matterPM2.5COVID-19health region National Air Pollution and COVID-19 Data by Health RegionXLSX https://health.canada.ca/apps/open-information/covid/national_air_pollution_and_covid-19_data_by_health_region-en.xlsx National Air Pollution and COVID-19 Data by Health RegionXLSX https://health.canada.ca/apps/open-information/covid/national_air_pollution_and_covid-19_data_by_health_region-fr.xlsx National Air Pollution and COVID-19 Data by Health RegionCSV https://health.canada.ca/apps/open-data/covid/national_air_pollution_and_covid-19_data_by_health_region-en.csv National Air Pollution and COVID-19 Data by Health RegionCSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/8226da92-efa5-4142-b5e4-2d055b0bd7ce/resource/88cd0e57-957f-45de-a0a1-b305c10e1dd4/download/national_air_pollution_and_covid-19_data_by_health_region-fr.csv

The file comprises COVID-19 case counts, population, demographic and air pollution data by health region. The data were employed in a national ecological study of the association between air pollution and incidence of COVID-19. Data were obtained from the COVID-19 Canada Open Data portal, the Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE), Statistics Canada and Google COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports.

The study found that there was a positive association between COVID-19 incidence and long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5). The association was larger in magnitude and stronger in health regions with higher rates of COVID-19, and in those health regions where estimated exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is expected to be more accurate.

The results require further examination using studies based on individual-level rather than area-level data. Supporting documentation: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110052

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