Appendix C South Coast Air Quality and Health Risk Table C-23 Annual Average Concentrations and Health Risks TAC Conc.*/Risk** 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Acetaldehyde Annual Avg 2.46 3.00 2.46 2.67 2.30 0.97 2.08 1.77 1.54 1.63 1.26 1.47 1.41 Health Risk 12 15 12 13 11 5 10 9 7 8 6 7 7 Benzene Annual Avg 3.42 2.91 2.61 2.17 2.40 1.89 1.45 1.34 1.25 1.20 0.97 0.86 0.77 Health Risk 317 269 242 201 222 175 134 124 116 111 90 80 71 "1,3-Butadiene" Annual Avg 0.53 0.45 0.50 0.57 0.50 0.46 0.39 0.38 0.35 0.33 0.25 0.25 0.21 Health Risk 200 170 187 212 187 173 146 142 133 123 94 94 79 Carbon Tetrachloride Annual Avg 0.14 0.13 0.11 0.10 0.08 0.11 0.10 0.09 0.09 Health Risk 36 35 28 27 21 30 25 23 24 Chromium (Hexavalent) Annual Avg 0.39 0.29 0.29 0.46 0.18 0.17 0.15 0.14 0.18 Health Risk 59 43 43 69 27 25 22 22 27 para-Dichlorobenzene Annual Avg 0.17 0.19 0.17 0.13 0.17 0.11 0.13 0.13 0.15 0.16 Health Risk 11 13 11 8 11 7 9 9 10 11 Formaldehyde Annual Avg 2.92 3.08 2.22 3.22 3.14 3.57 5.06 4.47 3.79 4.06 3.13 4.13 4.16 Health Risk 22 23 16 24 23 26 37 33 28 30 23 30 31 Methylene Chloride Annual Avg 1.86 1.51 0.90 1.23 1.10 1.28 0.95 1.14 0.85 0.92 0.83 0.63 0.57 Health Risk 6 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 Perchloroethylene Annual Avg 0.58 0.55 0.41 0.45 0.39 0.36 0.32 0.27 0.26 0.21 0.18 0.15 Health Risk 23 22 16 18 16 15 13 11 10 8 7 6 Diesel PM*** Annual Avg (3.6) (2.7) (2.4) Health Risk (1080) (810) (720) Average Basin Health Risk 616 550 548 554 514 505 398 357 349 297 285 253 258 "* Concentrations for Hexavalent Chromium are expressed as ng/m3, and concentrations for Diesel PM are expressed as ug/m3. Concentrations for all other TACs are expressed as ppb." ** Health Risk represents the number of excess cancer cases per million people based on a lifetime (70-year) exposure to the annual average concentration. Total Health Risk represents only those compounds listed in this table and only those with data for that year. There may be other significant compounds for which monitoring and/or health risk information are not available. "*** The Diesel PM concentrations are estimates based on receptor modeling. Because data are not available for all years, Diesel PM is not included in the Average Basin Health Risk number."