Analysis on Relationship between Air Pollution and Hospital Outpatient Adults of Wuxi in 2015

Objective  To investigate the relationship between air pollution and the hospital outpatient adults.

Method  Daily air pollution data in 2015 were collected from Wuxi Environmental Protection Agency.Daily hospital outpatient data in the same duration were obtained from a top three general hospital in Wuxi.Analysis on the relationship between pollutant concentrations and adult outpatient hospital.

Results  Respiratory Outpatients in PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 exceeded day was increased. Dermatology outpatients and ophthalmology outpatients in O₃-1h and O₃-8h exceeded day were increased. Daily cardiovascular disease clinic increased with increasing daily average concentration of PM_2.5.Total outpatient day,medical outpatients,dermatology outpatients,ophthalmology outpatients and the daily average concentration of O₃-1h,O₃-8h were positively correlated.Respiratory Outpatients and the daily average concentration of PM₁₀,PM_2.5 were positively correlated.Circulatory system outpatients and the daily average concentration of PM₁₀, SO₂,NO₂,NO_x were positively correlated.

Conclusions  This study provided evidence suggesting that the current air pollution levels had an adverse effect on the adult outpatients.