POTENCIAL IMPACTO AMBIENTAL EN LA SALUD POR CONTAMINANTES ATMOSFÉRICOS MEDIANTE EL SOFTWARE AIRQ+ EN LA PAZ Y EL ALTO, BOLIVIA.

Abstract

Air pollution generates around seven million deaths annually throughout the world according to data from the World Health Organization. The research evaluates the impact of suspended particulate matter with a diameter of less than 10 microns (PM10) in La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia, and its relationship with non-viral respiratory diseases, through on-site information, historical epidemiological data between 2009 and 2019. and the free software AirQ+. It was determined that 35.45% of cases of non-viral respiratory diseases could be attributed to PM10 in La Paz; For El Alto, data from 2016 suggest a relationship with the incidence of chronic bronchitis in adults at 41.53%, a relationship with postneonatal infant mortality at 17.32%, and a prevalence of bronchitis in children of 31.15%. For La Paz, a simulated scenario where the concentration remains below the permissible limits, suggests a reduction in the prevalence of non-viral diseases attributable to PM10 of 2.75% in post-neonatal infant mortality, 4.83% in causes of bronchitis in children under five years of age and 16.2% in chronic bronchitis in adults; For El Alto, a similar impact is expected considering that the permissible limit values ​​were exceeded by 30%. Keywords: suspended particulate matter with a diameter of less than 10 microns (PM10); respiratory diseases; mathematical modeling