Quantifying environmental health impacts

Global estimates of burden of disease caused by the environment and occupational risks

Indoor air pollution

Attributable mortality for indoor smoke from solid fuel use by WHO subregion, 2000

Attributable mortality per 100 000 people for indoor smoke from solid fuel use by WHO subregion, 2000

Attributable DALYs for indoor smoke from solid fuel use by WHO subregion, 2000

Attributable DALYs per 100 000 people for indoor smoke from  solid fuel use by WHO subregion, 2000

Selected population attributable fractions for indoor smoke from solid fuels, by sex and level of development (% DALYs), 2000a


1 1 2 2 3 3
World World World 4 4 5 5 6 6
Males Females Both sexes Males Females Males Females Males Females
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 13% 34% 22% 13% 45% 16% 40% 1% 4%
Lower respiratory infections 36% 36% 36% 41% 41% 20% 21% 10% 11%
Trachea/bronchus/lung cancer 1% 3% 1% 0% 1% 2% 7% 0% 0%

1:High mortality developing; 2: Low mortality developing; 3: Developed; 4: (AFR-D, AFR-E, AMR-D, EMR-D, SEAR-D); 5: (AMR-B, EMR-B, SEAR-B, WPR-B); 6: (AMR-A, EUR-A, EUR-B, EUR-C, WPR-A)

Results based on the World Health Report 2002

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