Nearly half of all global deaths from Chronic Obtrusive Pulmonary Disease were attributable to air pollution in 2021. Air pollution also accounted for nearly 30 percent of deaths caused by Ischemic Heart Disease and strokes that year. Together, these three causes of death accounted for more than 30 percent of total global deaths in 2020.
Percentage of deaths from specific causes attributable to total air pollution worldwide in 2021
Cause of death
Percentage of global deaths attributable to total air pollution
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IHME. (June 18, 2024). Percentage of deaths from specific causes attributable to total air pollution worldwide in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475361/global-air-pollution-related-deaths-by-cause/
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