Pollution linked to one in six deaths
Source: BBC
Pollution linked to one in six deaths
By Katie Silver
Health reporter, BBC News
20 October 2017 Health
Pollution has been linked to nine million deaths worldwide in 2015, a report in The Lancet has found.
Almost all of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries, where pollution could account for up to a quarter of deaths. Bangladesh and Somalia were the worst affected.
Air pollution had the biggest impact, accounting for two-thirds of deaths from pollution.
Brunei and Sweden had the lowest numbers of pollution-related deaths.
Most of these deaths were caused by non-infectious diseases linked to pollution, such as heart disease, stroke and lung cancer.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-41678533
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Related: The Lancet Commission on pollution and health (The Lancet)
