Data Sheet 1_The impacts of air pollution on daily hospitalizations for acute bronchitis i

11,228 hospitalizations for acute bronchitis in children from Shantou, China, were analyzed against air pollutant levels from 2015 to 2019. The study, authored by Junduo Chen and shared on figshare, found significant associations with SO₂ and NO₂ exposure. Associations were more pronounced in boys, children aged 0–2, and during the cold season.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relative risk of pediatric hospitalizations based on SO₂ and NO₂ concentrations.
• Conducting stratified analysis of health impacts by sex, age group, and season.
• Investigating lag effects of air pollutant exposure on acute bronchitis incidence.
• Supporting public health policy analysis for coastal city air quality management.

Strengths

• Includes 11,228 hospitalization records over a 5-year period (2015-2019).
• Analysis covers multiple air pollutants (PM₂.₅, PM₁₀, SO₂, NO₂, O₃) and meteorological factors.
• Provides specific relative risk estimates with confidence intervals for SO₂ and NO₂ impacts.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the underlying data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is limited to a single coastal city (Shantou), which may affect generalizability.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Junduo Chen.

Collection Method

Daily hospitalizations, meteorological factors, and air pollutant concentrations were collected and analyzed using a Poisson generalized additive model.

Time Range

2015 to 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 05:54:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Shantou, a coastal city in China.