Premature Deaths, Statistical Lives, and Years of Life Lost: Identification, Quantification, and Valuation of Mortality Risks
Abstract
Mortality effects of exposure to air pollution and other environmental hazards are often described by the estimated number of "premature" or "attributable" deaths and the economic value of a reduction in exposure as the product of an estimate of "statistical lives saved" and a "value per statistical life." These terms can be misleading because the number of deaths advanced by exposure cannot be determined from mortality data alone, whether from...
Paper Details
Title
Premature Deaths, Statistical Lives, and Years of Life Lost: Identification, Quantification, and Valuation of Mortality Risks
Published Date
Dec 10, 2019
Journal
Volume
40
Issue
4
Pages
674 - 695
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