[SOLVED] SYSEN 5620 Health Data Management and Analytics 2025FA

Research Hypotheses and Data Sources

SYSEN 5620

Health Data Management and Analytics (2025FA)

In this project, we will use the NYC air quality and health impact database to examine how long-term neighborhood-level exposures to PM2.5 or ozone are associated with emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths attributable to air pollution among New York City residents.

(1): Team hypotheses for the final project

Research hypotheses:

We hypothesize that neighborhoods with higher PM2.5 and ozone concentrations will have higher rates of attributable health events, and that these impacts will be greater among vulnerable groups such as older adults, children, and people with pre-existing cardiovascular or respiratory disease.

Temporary Research Question:

How do long-term exposures to ambient PM2.5 or ozone affect the burden of emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths attributable to air pollution among NYC residents, and how do these impacts vary across neighborhoods and vulnerable population groups?

(2): Links to the data sources that you will use as non-clinical data sources

Health impacts of air pollution

https://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/data-explorer/health-impacts-of-air-pollution/?id=2117#display=summary

Air quality

https://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/data-explorer/air-quality/?id=2023#display=map