https://thewire.in/environment/air-pollution-deaths-india-africa-south-asia
At 1,69,400, India witnessed the highest number of deaths linked to air pollution among children under five years of age in 2021. The report also lists India as among the countries that have experienced increases of more than 10 percent in ambient ozone exposures over the last decade.
A recent Lancet study noted that in 2019, around 6.67 million deaths across the world could be attributed to air pollution. While an estimated 0.37 million deaths that year could be attributed to ozone, and around 2.31 million deaths to household air pollution (generated by firewood used for cooking, as well as inefficient stoves), ambient PM 2.5 could be attributed to 4.14 million deaths worldwide.
The data for 2021 showed that air pollution is the second global risk factor for deaths of children below five years of age, right after malnutrition.
A total of 7,09,000 children under five years of age died due to air pollution in 2021. That’s almost three times higher than the figure in 2020, as per the World Health Organisation: 2,37,00 deaths, of children under five. In 2021, India witnessed 1,69,400 deaths of children in this age group linked to air pollution: the highest among all countries.
20/06/2024