Abstract
Air pollution constitutes a major health risk : WHO (World Health Organization) estimates that it contributes to 7 million premature deaths per year. Our study aims to evaluate its effects on mortality in the Rhone department (France). It focuses on the measurements of some dangerous pollutants, and demonstrates a significant correlation with air pollution. Indeed, the link between the two phenomena follows a positive linear trend. We end up with a ρ2 = 0.44 for NO2, meaning that 44 % of the mortality is linked to the pollution in NO2. In addition, we were able to show that an increase of 1% of this pollutant induces an increase in mortality of 0.87%. As a result, these results constitute an argument for reducing the use of fossil fuels.
Hana Sebia
PhD Candidate in Machine Learning
My research interests include healthcare data analytics, deep learning, tensor factorization and predictive analysis.