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Share of deaths attributed to air pollution

Share of deaths, from any cause, which are attributed to air pollution – from outdoor and indoor sources – as a riskfactor.

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    About this data

    Share of deaths attributed to air pollution
    The estimated share of age-standardized Air pollution from all causes attributed to deaths.
    Source
    IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
    Last updated
    May 20, 2024
    Next expected update
    May 2028
    Date range
    1990–2021
    Unit
    %

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    Sources and processing

    This data is based on the following sources

    The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study provides a comprehensive assessment of global health trends. This dataset contains the risk factors that contribute to deaths and DALYs from all causes, cardiovascular diseases, lower respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases and cancers.

    Retrieved on
    June 14, 2024
    Retrieved from
    https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results/
    Citation
    This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
    "Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network. Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 (GBD 2021). Seattle, United States: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2024. Available from https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results/."
attribution_short: "IHME-GBD"

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    “Data Page: Share of deaths attributed to air pollution”, part of the following publication: Esteban Ortiz-Ospina and Max Roser (2016) - “Global Health”. Data adapted from IHME, Global Burden of Disease. Retrieved from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-deaths-air-pollution [online resource]
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    IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. “Share of deaths attributed to air pollution” [dataset]. IHME, Global Burden of Disease, “Global Burden of Disease - Risk Factors” [original data]. Retrieved April 6, 2025 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-deaths-air-pollution

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