Avaliação espacial entre poluição do ar e saúde em áreas com limitação de dados

Abstract

Air pollution is a serious public health problem worldwide. Studies that investigate the relationship between air pollution and human health are fundamental for management that aims to promote the urban development and life quality. Data availability is an initial premise for these studies, especially, for it that have focus in the spatial evaluation. The problem is that many urban centers do not have a system to consolidate and storage data. Thus, this paper aimed to propose a method for spatial evaluation between air pollution and health in urban areas that have limitation in data availability. The method proposed was based on object orientation for geographic information system, considering hospital admissions data and air pollution inventories. Also, was applied a correlation analysis and a spatial regression – Ordinary Least Square (OLS). Results showed that the method proposed is an alternative for area with data availability. Correlations analysis and regression showed a significant relationship (p< 0.05) between air pollution and health.