• Pragati Rai
• Amarendra Singh
• Atul Kumar Srivastava
• Prabhat Kumar Patel

Air pollution has adverse effects on the well-being of individuals. To address this issue, the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a software tool called AirQ+ for assessing the health risks which are associated with exposure to pollutants. In understanding and mitigating the impact of air pollution on individuals and communities, this tool serves as an essential resource. In this study, AirQ+ was used for assessing impact on health due to PM2.5 for year 2018 to 2022 in North-West Delhi. Four cases were taken i.e., Mortality caused due to all natural cases (ANCs) (in adults having age above 30 years), Mortality due to lung cancer (LC) for adults, Mortality due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) for adults (30+ year) and Mortality due to ischemic heart disease (IHD) for adults (25+ years). Highest number of cases were found in 2018 which were 17747, 1160, 1405 and 6227 for mortality due to ANCs, LC, COPD and IHD respectively. Lowest number of cases were reported in the year 2020. By taking complete average of five years these values were obtained as 16272, 1141, 1318 and 6211 for mortality due to ANCs, LC, COPD and IHD respectively. AirQ+ can be used by public health authorities and researchers to make decisions regarding air quality improvement measures.

AirQ+, COPD, WHO, PM2.5, IHD.

"ASSESSING THE HEALTH IMPACT OF PARTICULATE MATTER USING AirQ+", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.f348-f354, September-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309543.pdf

"ASSESSING THE HEALTH IMPACT OF PARTICULATE MATTER USING AirQ+", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no. ppf348-f354, September-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309543.pdf