Spatial assessment on health impact of atmospheric pollution in Makassar, Indonesia

There has been little discussion to date on air pollution and its potential relationship with health in Makassar, Indonesia. This study aims to create a starting point for this discussion by investigating existing data points and the potential correlation between ambient air pollution and health in...

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Published in:E3S Web of Conferences 2021, Vol.331, p.2019
Main Authors: Al Madhoun, Wesam, Ahmad Gul, Faheem, Che Ros, Faizah, Ahmad Isiyaka, Hamza, Mallongi, Anwar, Rasyid, Ashari
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air monitoring
Air pollution
Air quality
Automotive fuels
Combustion
Data points
Decision making
Eigenvalues
Industrial emissions
Industrial pollution
Nitrogen dioxide
Outdoor air quality
Ozone
Particulate matter
Pneumonia
Principal components analysis
Statistical analysis
Sulfur dioxide
Tuberculosis
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Summary:There has been little discussion to date on air pollution and its potential relationship with health in Makassar, Indonesia. This study aims to create a starting point for this discussion by investigating existing data points and the potential correlation between ambient air pollution and health in Makassar, Indonesia. Six months of air quality data (July-December, 2018) on CO, SO2, NO2, O3, PM10, and PM2.5 were provided by the city and were analyzed alongside tuberculosis and pneumonia data provided by the hospital and community health centers in Makassar. Data were analyzed using principal component analysis, dendrogram, and some GIS mapping. Quantitative data from the USAID-funded Building Health Cities project were also used to help explain some of the quantitative findings. Results show that principal component analysis (PCA) gave three statistics factors having eigenvalues exceeding one, which account for 83% of the total variance in the dataset. The three factors accounted for a strong impact by CO, O3, SO2, PM10, and PM2.5 attributed to the incomplete combustion of fuel from automobiles, bush burning, and industrial emission. Air pollution-related illnesses such as tuberculosis and pneumonia are found to prevail in the area. Real-time air quality monitoring is required to benchmark the health impact of extreme conditions. This study also encourages urgent intervention by decision-makers to tackle the level of tuberculosis and pneumonia occurrence that may be favored by the poor air quality in Makassar.
ISSN:2267-1242
2555-0403
2267-1242
DOI:10.1051/e3sconf/202133102019