Table 4

Acute effects on admissions and consultations of extra PM₁₀ within 20 km of the proposed facility

Emergency hospital admissions	Age	Source	Number of extra or earlier admissions and consultations per annum
Emergency hospital admissions	Age	Source	Number per year	Number in 30 years	As % of baseline
COMEAP, Committee on Medical Effects of Air Pollution. APHEA, short term effects of air pollution on health: European approach. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection. IHD, ischaemic heart disease.
Respiratory	All	London	0.044	1.32	0.0002
	All	COMEAP	0.044	1.32	0.0002
	⩾65	London	0.010	0.31	0.00009
	⩾65	APHEA	0.026	0.78	0.0002
Asthma	0–14	London	0.003	0.08	0.0001
Asthma	15–64	London	0.006	0.17	0.0003
COPD + asthma	⩾65	London	0.003	0.10	0.00007
COPD + asthma	⩾65	APHEA	0.011	0.32	0.0002
LRTI	⩾65	London	0.016	0.47	0.0003
Circulatory	All	APHEA	0.029	0.87	0.0001
	0–64	London	0.029	0.87	0.0003
	⩾65	London	0.021	0.63	0.0001
Cardiac	All	APHEA	0.021	0.63	0.0001
Cardiac	⩾65	APHEA	0.021	0.63	0.0002
IHD	0–64	London	0.011	0.33	0.0003
	⩾65	London	0.011	0.33	0.0002
	⩾65	APHEA	0.011	0.33	0.0002