Outdoor Air Pollution
- 3.7 million is the approximate number of premature deaths caused by outdoor air pollution worldwide in 2012.
- 88% of these premature deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries, with the greatest number of deaths, 2.6 million, in the Western Pacific and South-East Asia.
- 6.7% of deaths worldwide are caused by outdoor air pollution.
- Pakistan is ranked as the worst country in the world for air pollution according to the WHO.
- Lebanon ranks as the 50th worst country in the world for air pollution.
- Only 12% of the people living in cities around the globe meet air quality guideline levels recommended by the WHO.
Retrieved from:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs313/en/
who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/air-quality/en/
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