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Estimated global annual deaths
due to indoor and outdoor pollution exposure
| Indoor exposures |
Outdoor exposures |
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| Total deaths 2.8 million |
Total deaths 0.2 million |
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A large number of studies in recent years have shown remarkable
consistency in the relationship observed between changes in daily
ambient suspended particulate levels and changes in daily mortality.
Two different methods for estimating the total global mortality from
suspended particulate air pollution exposures arrive at very similar
total numbers (i.e. 3 million and 2.7 million), with indoor air
pollution accounting for the vast majority of total deaths.
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