Environmental Status and Human Health: Evidence from China

Cheng, Suli; Xiang, Zubing; Xi, Haojun

doi:10.3390/ijerph191912623

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“…In 2019, 9 million people died from pollution, equivalent to 1/6 of the global death toll . Pollution and pollution-related consequences are the main inducements that have a massive impact on health (1), having a negative effect on the mental health of the public, and decreasing subjective wellbeing and mental health. Environmental pollution is closely related to the allocation of credit resources.…”

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How can green credit decrease social health costs? The mediating effect of the environment

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2023

Front. Public Health

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Green credit plays an important role in environmental protection and residents' health. This paper discusses the impact path of green credit on social health costs with the help of a quantile regression. The implementation of a green credit policy can decrease social health costs in China, and green credit works best in the economically developed Eastern region. As the quantile increases, so gradually does the absolute value of the green credit coefficient. This result proves that for provinces with rich per capita financial health expenditures, green credit plays a greater role in decreasing social costs, a conclusion also supported by our robustness test. In addition, we find that environmental pollution plays a mediating role in the path of green credit affecting health, and this finding is verified in the green credit and health general equilibrium model. Based on these findings, the government should encourage the active innovation of green credit products, and the banking industry should develop personalized green credit products for specific pollutant types or industries while decreasing government pressure.

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How can green credit decrease social health costs? The mediating effect of the environment

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2023

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“…The most typical geographical feature of western China was the high altitude ( 6 ). There were numerous risk factors that contribute to traffic accidents in high altitude areas, including longer steep road sections, snow blindness among drivers due to mountain snow, and fatigue during driving that occurs due to low partial pressures of oxygen ( 7 , 8 ).…”

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Analysis on alteration of road traffic casualties in western China from multi-department data in recent decade

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BackgroundRoad traffic safety has considerably improved in China. However, the changes may differ in the economically backward and altitude higher western region. This study aims to investigate changes in the occurrence and severity of traffic casualties in western China and illuminate several key causal factors.Materials and methodsTraffic accident data from the Annual Traffic Accident Statistics Report combined with population and vehicle data from the China Statistics Bureau between 2009 and 2019, were retrospectively analyzed. Traffic accident numbers, fatalities, human injury (HI), case fatality rates (CFR), mortality per 100,000 population (MRP), and mortality per 10,000 vehicles (MRV) were compared between the western and eastern regions. The HI, CFR, MRV, and MRP between the four groups based on the altitude of cities, below 500 meters, 500 to 1,500 meters, 1,500 to 3,000 meters, and over 3,000 meters, were compared using one-way analysis of variance. One hundred and seventy-eight cases of extremely serious traffic accidents were further analyzed in terms of accident occurrence time, vehicle type, road grade, road shape, accident pattern, and accident reason. The differences of accident characteristics between the eastern and western regions were compared using the chi-square test.ResultsThe number of traffic accidents and fatalities decreased in low-altitude areas in western China. However, there was a significant increasing trend in the high altitude area. The HI, CFR, MRV, and MRP were higher in the western region than that in the eastern and national. Those accident indicators tended to increase with increasing altitude. And there were statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) among groups from different altitudes. Chi-square test results show that there are statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) in term of road grade, road shape, accident pattern between eastern and western. Low-grade roads, combined curved and sloping roads, and rollover were significant features associated with traffic accidents in the western region. Bad roads were the main cause of rollover accidents in western China, which will lead to more serious casualties. Over speeding, overloading, bad weather, vehicle failure, and driver error were the top five accident causes.ConclusionTraffic accidents are increasing in high-altitude areas of western China, and they lead to more severe casualties. The characteristics of serious traffic accidents in this part of the country differ from those of the eastern regions. Improving road safety facilities, restrictions of speed, and improving medical treatment at accident scenes may be effective measures to reduce traffic accidents related injuries in the western region.

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Environmental Status and Human Health: Evidence from China

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How can green credit decrease social health costs? The mediating effect of the environment

How can green credit decrease social health costs? The mediating effect of the environment

Analysis on alteration of road traffic casualties in western China from multi-department data in recent decade

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