Number of Municipalities and Estimated Population at Risk of Exposure Within 30 km Radius: Four Coal -fired Power Plants, 2000 173 1NLW
2NLWO
1SLWO 2SLWO
Total
Number of municipalities
19
6
16
12
53
Population
591,577
154,618
472,194
532,206
1,750,595
Below 15
39.5%
39.2%
40.0%
39.7%
694,717
Above 15
60.5%
60.8%
60.0%
60.3%
1,055,879
Average Annual Premature Mortality and Morbidity Effects of Emissions from Four Coal-fired Power Plants in Luzon: 2000 Health Effect
Incidence, 2000*
PM10 Mortality
445
Morbidity RHA Emergency room visit Restricted activity days
306 59,903 809,171
Acute bronchitis, children
16,147
Asthma attacks
60,336
Respiratory symptoms (RS) Chronic bronchitis, adult
3,712,142 947
SO2 Mortality
159
Morbidity RS, children RS, adult
395 320,949
NO2 RS, adult
278
*Unit is number of cases except for RAD and respiratory symptoms, which are reckoned in number of days.
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