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  • Absolute number of deaths from ambient particulate air pollution
  • Air pollutant emissions
  • Air pollution
  • Air pollution deaths from fossil fuels
  • Air pollution vs. GDP per capita
  • Chronic respiratory diseases death rateWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
  • Death rate attributed to ambient air pollution
  • Death rate attributed to household air pollution
  • Death rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution
  • Death rate from air pollutionBy type, stacked area
  • Death rate from air pollution
  • Death rate from air pollutionBy type, line chart
  • Death rate from ambient particulate air pollutionCrude
  • Death rate from outdoor air pollution in 1990 vs. 2021
  • Death rate from outdoor air pollution vs. GDP per capita
  • Death rate from ozone pollution
  • Death rate from ozone pollutionage-standardized
  • Death rate from particular matter air pollution vs. PM2.5 concentration
  • Deaths from air pollution
  • Deaths from air pollution, by age
  • Deaths from household and outdoor air pollution
  • Deaths from outdoor air pollution
  • Deaths from outdoor particulate matter air pollution, by age
  • Deaths from outdoor particulate matter air pollution, by region
  • Deaths from ozone pollution
  • Disease burden from outdoor particulate matter pollution
  • Emissions of air pollutants
  • Emissions of air pollutantsUK DEFRA; US EPA
  • Emissions of air pollutantsOECD
  • Emissions of particulate matter
  • Exposure to PM2.5 air pollution vs. GDP per capita
  • Exposure to particulate matter air pollution
  • Global sulphur dioxide (SO₂) emissions by world region
  • Number of deaths from air pollution
  • Outdoor air pollution death rate
  • Outdoor air pollution death rate by age
  • Outdoor air pollution deaths in 1990 vs. 2021
  • Ozone (O₃) concentration
  • Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017
  • Share of deaths attributed to air pollution
  • Share of deaths attributed to outdoor air pollution
  • Share of population exposed to air pollution above WHO targets
  • Share of the population exposed to air pollution levels above WHO guidelines
  • Share of the population without access to clean fuels for cooking
  • Sources of air pollution in the UK
  • emissions of air pollutants

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