World Health Organization Air Pollution Map. The World Health Organization WHO has deemed air pollution as the greatest environmental health risk today estimated to contribute to 7 million premature deaths annually. In the interactive map we show death rates from air pollution across the world measured as the number of deaths per 100000 people of a given country or region.
Air pollution and indoor air pollution caused by the burning of solid fuels. But before you leave please. Air pollution is a health and environmental issue across all countries of the world but with large differences in severity.
PM25 includes pollutants such as sulfate nitrates and black carbon which can sneak deep into the lungs.
WHO estimates that around 7 million people die every year from exposure to polluted air. The adverse health effects of air pollution Report by the Secretariat 1. WHO Global Ambient Air Quality Database update 2018 2 May 2018 Geneva WHO estimates that around 7 million people die every year from exposure to fine particles in polluted air that lead to diseases such as stroke heart disease lung cancer chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and respiratory infections including pneumonia. Ambient air pollution alone caused some 42 million deaths in 2016 while household air pollution from cooking with polluting fuels.
