Health Impact Assessment of Short-Term Exposure to Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) in Northern Thailand

Table 4

Descriptive analysis of the study population, mortality rate, hospital admission outcomes, and PM_2.5 concentration in 2012 in northern Thailand.

Province	Population (million)			Hospitalization from respiratory disease (% = hospitalization/total population)	Hospitalization from respiratory disease			Mortality rate from respiratory diseases	PM10 concentration (μg/m^3)
	Male	Female	Total		Acute upper respiratory infections and other diseases of the upper respiratory tract	Chronic lower respiratory diseases	Other diseases of the respiratory system
Chiang Mai	0.80 (48.48%)	0.84 (50.91%)	1.64	6138 (0.37%)	1169 (19.05%)	452 (7.36%)	4517 (73.59%)	0.32	53
Chiang Rai	0.59 (49.17%)	0.61 (50.83%)	1.20	23164 (1.93%)	4277 (18.46%)	9494 (40.99%)	9393 (40.55%)	0.37	42
Phayao	0.23 (47.92%)	0.25 (52.08%)	0.48	8655 (1.80%)	2507 (28.97%)	3334 (38.52%)	2814 (32.51%)	0.4	52
Nan	0.24 (51.06%)	0.23 (48.94%)	0.47	12070 (2.57%)	1891 (15.67%)	5702 (47.24%)	4477 (37.09%)	0.33	44
Mae Hong Son	0.12 (50.00%)	0.12 (50.00%)	0.24	10448 (4.35%)	4385 (41.97%)	3317 (31.75%)	2746 (26.28%)	0.3	44
Phrae	0.22 (48.89%)	0.24 (51.11%)	0.46	6933 (1.54%)	2022 (29.16%)	3611 (52.08%)	1300 (18.75%)	0.27	54
Lamphun	0.19 (47.50%)	0.20 (52.50%)	0.39	6067 (1.52%)	1809 (29.82%)	2076 (34.22%)	2182 (35.97%)	0.26	46
Lampang	0.37 (49.33%)	0.38 (50.67%)	0.75	9878 (1.32%)	1621 (16.41%)	4333 (43.87%)	3924 (39.72%)	0.34	47