Health Impact Assessment of Beijing's Residents in Exposure of Chief Air Pollutants from 2010 to 2015 Based on Energy Consumption Scenarios

Energy consumption leads to air pollution, which is a great threat to residents’ health. According to the requirements of energy and environment during “12th Five Year” period in Beijing, this paper set two different energy-constraint scenarios, applying an integrated energy-environment-health model to quantitatively evaluate Beijing's residents’ health damage caused by energy consumption. The results showed that: compared with low-constraint scenario, up to 2015, the high-constraint scenario can reduce totally 6501 cases of mortality, in which 1200 cases are related to SO2; 2489 cases are related to NOX; 1693 cases are related to PM10; 1119 cases are related to PM2.5. Therefore restricting energy consumption and improving energy structure are conductive to the reduction of atmospheric pollutants and the protection of population health.