Pollution, Infectious Disease, and Mortality
Evidence from the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5753264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen Clay (0000-0003-3978-6656, National Bureau of Economic Research), Joshua Lewis (0000-0002-9114-2711), Joshua Alan Lewis (0000-0002-8170-1364, Université de Montréal), Edson Severnini (0000-0002-0166-4250, Carnegie Mellon University) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1179-1209 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s002205071800058x |
| OpenAlex | W1940768770 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 43 |
| References cited | 25 |
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic killed millions worldwide and hundreds of thousands in the United States. This article studies the impact of air pollution on pandemic mortality. The analysis combines a panel dataset on infant and all-age mortality with a novel measure of air pollution based on the burning of coal in a large sample of U.S. cities. We estimate that air pollution contributed significantly to pandemic mortality. Cities that used more coal experienced tens of thousands of excess deaths in 1918 relative to cities that used less coal with similar pre-pandemic socioeconomic conditions and baseline health. Factors related to poverty, public health, and the timing of onset also affected pandemic mortality. The findings support recent medical evidence on the link between air pollution and influenza infection, and suggest that poor air quality was an important cause of mortality during the pandemic
Biology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Disease · Environmental health · Geography · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Influenza pandemic · Pandemic · Climate Change and Health Impacts · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Influenza Virus Research Studies · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Pollution · Virology
Impacts of coal smoke on infant mortality
Introduction
Air pollution and Covid-19 mortality in the United States
Exposure to air pollution and Covid-19 mortality in the United States
Disparities in PM 2.5 exposure and population density influence Sars-CoV-2 transmission among racial and ethnic minorities
Coal Smoke, City Growth, and the Costs of the Industrial Revolution
Sunlight and Protection Against Influenza
Unequal excess mortality during the Spanish Flu pandemic in the Netherlands
Intergenerational coresidence and the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States
What explains cross-city variation in mortality during the 1918 influenza pandemic? Evidence from 438 U.S. cities
Health benefits of air pollution reduction
Persistent Pandemics
Death, demography and the denominator
Socioeconomic mortality differences during the Great Influenza in Spain
Born in Smog
Influenza incidence and air pollution
Mitigation strategies for responding to the Covid-19 pandemic after reopening from the global perspective
The historical impact of coal on cities
Biological Differences between Late 19 th and Early 20 th Century Urban and Rural Residence
Influenza pandemics and macroeconomic fluctuations 1871–2016
Built and social indices for hazards in Children's environments
How contagious are health shocks on political outcomes? Evidence from the 1918 Spanish flu in Germany
Estimates of Covid-19 Cases across Four Canadian Provinces
Epidemics, pandemics, and social conflict
Household risk strategies during a pandemic – experiences from the 1918 influenza pandemic
What explains the socioeconomic status-health gradient? Evidence from workplace Covid-19 infections
School Closures during the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Lockdowns and Innovation
London Fog
The Value of Health Insurance during a Crisis
Reevaluating the Long-Term Impact of In Utero Exposure to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
What Happened to the U.S. Economy during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic? A View Through High-Frequency Data
Introduction to the symposium on demographic shocks
What can we learn from historical pandemics? A systematic review of the literature
Death, destruction, and growth in cities
The political effects of the 1918 influenza pandemic in Weimar Germany
Disease, downturns, and wellbeing
Late 19th- and early 20th- century urban net nutrition by gender and race
Pandemics, transformations and tourism
Financial Asset Ownership and Political Partisanship
Demographic Shocks and Women's Labor Market Participation
Short- and medium-run health and literacy impacts of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic in Brazil
Poverty, pollution, and mortality
The Enduring Impact of the American Dust Bowl
The effect of public health measures on the 1918 influenza pandemic in U.S. cities
Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented by US Cities During the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic
The Impact of Air Pollution on Infant Mortality
Influenza
Effects of Meteorological Conditions on PM2.5 Concentrations in Nagasaki, Japan
Updating the Accounts
The Diffusion of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918 in Hartford, Connecticut
The Diffusion of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918 in Hartford, Connecticut
Is the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Over? Long‐Term Effects of In Utero Influenza Exposure in the Post‐1940 U.S. Population
Typhoid Fever, Water Quality, and Human Capital Formation
| Unique citing works | 43 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 41 |