[PDF] Air: when breathing is a threat - WHO/Europe PDF WHY

this causes almost 300,000 premature deaths in the European Union (EU) Meteorological variability and transboundary air pollution also explain Europe's μg/m3 daily) was exceeded in all European countries at least once during the

5 (particulate matter smaller than 2 5 micrometres) and ozone, the two most harmful pollutants) Country Deaths from chronic PM2 5 and ozone exposure RANK

[PDF] The rapidly growing death toll attributed to air pollution - Sustainable

China, India and Pakistan account for the highest death toll (1 36 million, 645,000 and 111,000 respectively) Of the Western countries, the United States ranks highest, with a mortality rate of 54,905 (Lelieveld et al, 2015)

[PDF] Millions around the world are dying from polluted air, but as

income countries like the US, Japan and Germany ○ Air pollution death rates have fallen in China and India since 1990, but are still worse than in most

Air pollution - OECD iLibrary

Air pollution is a major environment-related health threat, especially to children and deaths worldwide in 2012 (WHO, 2016), and can also have substantial economic guidelines were higher than 90 in 21 OECD countries (Figure 4 20)

[PDF] Air Pollution - World Bank Document

In low-income countries, declines in death rates were more than offset by population growth and greater total exposure to polluted air In middle-income countries,

[PDF] State of Global Air

information on air quality and health for countries around the globe Figure 1 Global ranking of risk factors by total number of deaths from all causes for

[PDF] 2018 WORLD AIR QUALITY REPORT - IQAir

organizations, IQAir AirVisual strives to promote access to real-time air quality information, /press-release/2016/09/08/air-pollution-deaths-cost-global- economy-225-billion Air quality monitoring varies greatly among countries and regions

[PDF] Burden of disease from Ambient Air Pollution for 2012 - WHO World

Globally, 3 7 million deaths were attributable to ambient air pollution (AAP) in 2012 About 88 of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income (LMI) countries,