Life-safety disparity index: a comprehensive, valid, and reliable tool to assess Chinese people’s life-safety performance

AimsIn order to accurately and quantitatively grasp the current situation and trend of Chinese people’s life-safety performance and to provide scientific basis and suggestions for the government, scientific research institutions, enterprises and the public to do a good job in life-safety protection....

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Главные авторы: Xiaoyue Ge, De an Wu, Xinming Shi, Junxiang Zhang, Jinghui Jiang, Bicheng Zhang, Hongguang Wang
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Опубликовано: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-06-01
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author Xiaoyue Ge
De an Wu
Xinming Shi
Junxiang Zhang
Jinghui Jiang
Bicheng Zhang
Hongguang Wang
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De an Wu
Xinming Shi
Junxiang Zhang
Jinghui Jiang
Bicheng Zhang
Hongguang Wang
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description AimsIn order to accurately and quantitatively grasp the current situation and trend of Chinese people’s life-safety performance and to provide scientific basis and suggestions for the government, scientific research institutions, enterprises and the public to do a good job in life-safety protection.MethodsThe establishment process of life-safety disparity index (LDI) included six steps, including (i) concept building (ii) framework formulation; (iii) indicator selection; (iv) database building; (v) weight determination; and (vi) LDI scores calculation. The indicator scheme for LDI based on this framework was constructed after multiple rounds of panel discussions with our expert advisory committee. We adopted the Data envelopment analysis-Compromise planning (DEA-CP) model to determine the weights for each indicator and calculate score.ResultsThe weighted indicator scheme of LDI comprised 6 first-grade indicators, 21 s-grade indicators, and 65 third-grade indicators. According to the pilot analysis based on the data from 31 provinces of China mainland, the maximum value of LDI was 100.00, the minimum value was 54.75, and the maximum value was 1.83 times the minimum value. According to the score, China mainland was divided into 5 life-safety guarantee zones, including high security zone, medium to high security zone, medium security zone, low to medium security zone, and low security zone.ConclusionLDI, which has been strictly verified, would represent the world’s first assessment tool that builds a conceptual framework from the overall perspective of ensuring life-safety.
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spelling doaj-art-5f7185480b0640e8b4e65acc60b0eccf2025-07-08T14:25:37ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-06-011310.3389/fpubh.2025.14760511476051Life-safety disparity index: a comprehensive, valid, and reliable tool to assess Chinese people’s life-safety performanceXiaoyue Ge0De an Wu1Xinming Shi2Junxiang Zhang3Jinghui Jiang4Bicheng Zhang5Hongguang Wang6The Academy of Chinese Health Risks of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Mathematics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaThe Academy of Chinese Health Risks of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaThe Academy of Chinese Health Risks of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaThe Academy of Chinese Health Risks of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaThe Academy of Chinese Health Risks of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaThe Academy of Chinese Health Risks of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaAimsIn order to accurately and quantitatively grasp the current situation and trend of Chinese people’s life-safety performance and to provide scientific basis and suggestions for the government, scientific research institutions, enterprises and the public to do a good job in life-safety protection.MethodsThe establishment process of life-safety disparity index (LDI) included six steps, including (i) concept building (ii) framework formulation; (iii) indicator selection; (iv) database building; (v) weight determination; and (vi) LDI scores calculation. The indicator scheme for LDI based on this framework was constructed after multiple rounds of panel discussions with our expert advisory committee. We adopted the Data envelopment analysis-Compromise planning (DEA-CP) model to determine the weights for each indicator and calculate score.ResultsThe weighted indicator scheme of LDI comprised 6 first-grade indicators, 21 s-grade indicators, and 65 third-grade indicators. According to the pilot analysis based on the data from 31 provinces of China mainland, the maximum value of LDI was 100.00, the minimum value was 54.75, and the maximum value was 1.83 times the minimum value. According to the score, China mainland was divided into 5 life-safety guarantee zones, including high security zone, medium to high security zone, medium security zone, low to medium security zone, and low security zone.ConclusionLDI, which has been strictly verified, would represent the world’s first assessment tool that builds a conceptual framework from the overall perspective of ensuring life-safety.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1476051/fulllife-safetyhealthlife-safety disparity indexmodelChinalife-safety guarantee zone
spellingShingle Xiaoyue Ge
De an Wu
Xinming Shi
Junxiang Zhang
Jinghui Jiang
Bicheng Zhang
Hongguang Wang
Life-safety disparity index: a comprehensive, valid, and reliable tool to assess Chinese people’s life-safety performance
Frontiers in Public Health
life-safety
health
life-safety disparity index
model
China
life-safety guarantee zone
title Life-safety disparity index: a comprehensive, valid, and reliable tool to assess Chinese people’s life-safety performance
title_full Life-safety disparity index: a comprehensive, valid, and reliable tool to assess Chinese people’s life-safety performance
title_fullStr Life-safety disparity index: a comprehensive, valid, and reliable tool to assess Chinese people’s life-safety performance
title_full_unstemmed Life-safety disparity index: a comprehensive, valid, and reliable tool to assess Chinese people’s life-safety performance
title_short Life-safety disparity index: a comprehensive, valid, and reliable tool to assess Chinese people’s life-safety performance
title_sort life safety disparity index a comprehensive valid and reliable tool to assess chinese people s life safety performance
topic life-safety
health
life-safety disparity index
model
China
life-safety guarantee zone
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1476051/full
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