Quantifying environmental health impacts

Global estimates of burden of disease caused by environmental risks

Urban air pollution



Urban outdoor air attributable deaths ('000) and DALYs ('000) by disease and by WHO regions, 2004


Cardiopulmonary disease Trachea/bronchus/lung cancer
deaths
Afr 60 1
Amr 65 6
Emr 88 4
Eur 137 11
Sear 198 9
Wpr 333 40
HIC 163 37
Total 1044 108
DALYs
Afr 870 12
Amr 442 50
Emr 897 36
Eur 976 111
Sear 1827 84
Wpr 2042 372
HIC 761 268
Total 7816 931

Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) by WHO region. 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 Countries.

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