Global estimates of burden of disease caused by environmental risks
Indoor air pollution
ALRI: Acute lower respiratory infection; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Indoor air pollution attributable deaths ('000) and DALYs ('000) by disease and by WHO regions, 2004
| Lower respiratory infections | Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases | Trachea/bronchus/lung cancer | |
| Children < 5 years | Adults > 30 years | Adults > 30 years | |
| Deaths | |||
| Afr | 500 | 51 | 0 |
| Amr | 12 | 17 | 0 |
| Emr | 108 | 34 | 0 |
| Eur | 11 | 9 | 0 |
| Sear | 218 | 412 | 1 |
| Wpr | 23 | 534 | 35 |
| HIC | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 872 | 1057 | 36 |
| DALYs | |||
| Afr | 17496 | 559 | 2 |
| Amr | 498 | 229 | 3 |
| Emr | 3829 | 410 | 0 |
| Eur | 364 | 117 | 1 |
| Sear | 7801 | 4686 | 6 |
| Wpr | 864 | 3809 | 326 |
| HIC | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 30854 | 9817 | 338 |
Afr: African Region (LMIC); Amr: Region of the Americas (LMIC); Emr: Eastern Mediterranean Region (LMIC); Eur: European Region (LMIC); Sear: South-East Asia Region (LMIC); WPR: Western Pacific Region (LMIC); HIC: High income regions.