The burden of premature adult mortality associated with lack of access to electricity in India.

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      Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science
    • Subject Terms:
      Mortality, Premature* ; Social Factors*; Adult ; Male ; Humans ; Female ; India/epidemiology ; Probability ; Electricity
    • Abstract:
      Background: The impact of electricity access on all-cause premature mortality is unknown.
      Methods: We use a national dataset from India to compare districts with high access to electricity (>90% of households) to districts with middle (50-90%) and low (<50%) access to electricity and estimate the effect of lack of electricity access on all-cause premature mortality.
      Results: In 2014, out of 597 districts in India, 174 districts had high access, 228 had middle access, and 195 had low access to electricity. When compared to districts with high access, districts with low access had higher rates of age-standardized premature mortality in both women (2.09, 95% CI: 1.43-2.74) and men (0.99, 0.10-1.87). Similarly, these districts had higher rates of conditional probability of premature death in both women (9.16, 6.19-12.13) and men (4.04, 0.77-7.30). Middle access districts had higher rates of age-standardized premature mortality and premature death in women, but not men. The total excess deaths attributable to reduced electricity access were 444,225 (45,195 in middle access districts and 399,030 in low access districts). In low access districts, the proportion of premature adult deaths attributable to low electricity access was 21.3% (14.4%- 28.1%) in women and 7.9% (1.5%- 14.3%) in men.
      Conclusion: Poor access to electricity is associated with nearly half a million premature adult deaths. One out of five premature deaths in adult women were linked to low electricity access making it a major social determinant of health.
      Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
      (Copyright: © 2024 Hejjaji et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20240313 Date Completed: 20240315 Latest Revision: 20240315
    • Publication Date:
      20240315
    • Accession Number:
      PMC10936845
    • Accession Number:
      10.1371/journal.pone.0297463
    • Accession Number:
      38478515