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	Mortality (×10³/year)	Deaths per 100 000 (year⁻¹)	YLL (×10⁶/year)	LLE (years)	Avoidable LLE (years)	Avoidable mortality (×10³/year)	Mortality for disease categories (×10³/year)
Africa	957	81	40.0	3.1	0.7	230	378	36	7	113	224	199
East Asia	3112	196	67.4	3.9	3.0	2403	204	511	300	738	779	580
South Asia	2809	119	83.6	3.3	1.9	1660	478	509	61	383	981	397
West Asia	544	94	14.6	2.3	1.0	241	50	27	19	76	292	80
Europe	790	133	14.3	2.2	1.7	608	54	49	54	64	313	256
Australia	14	47	0.3	0.8	0.2	3	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.6	4	7
North America	360	74	7.5	1.4	1.1	294	24	40	24	14	112	146
South America	207	42	5.3	1.0	0.5	115	30	14	6	14	63	80
World	8793	120	233	2.9	1.7	5554	1218	1187	472	1403	2768	1745

	Mortality (×10³/year)	Deaths per 100 000 (year⁻¹)	YLL (×10⁶/year)	LLE (years)	Avoidable LLE (years)	Avoidable mortality (×10³/year)	Mortality for disease categories (×10³/year)
Africa	957	81	40.0	3.1	0.7	230	378	36	7	113	224	199
East Asia	3112	196	67.4	3.9	3.0	2403	204	511	300	738	779	580
South Asia	2809	119	83.6	3.3	1.9	1660	478	509	61	383	981	397
West Asia	544	94	14.6	2.3	1.0	241	50	27	19	76	292	80
Europe	790	133	14.3	2.2	1.7	608	54	49	54	64	313	256
Australia	14	47	0.3	0.8	0.2	3	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.6	4	7
North America	360	74	7.5	1.4	1.1	294	24	40	24	14	112	146
South America	207	42	5.3	1.0	0.5	115	30	14	6	14	63	80
World	8793	120	233	2.9	1.7	5554	1218	1187	472	1403	2768	1745

Table 1

Excess mortality attributable to ambient air pollution^a

	Mortality (×10³/year)	Deaths per 100 000 (year⁻¹)	YLL (×10⁶/year)	LLE (years)	Avoidable LLE (years)	Avoidable mortality (×10³/year)	Mortality for disease categories (×10³/year)
	Mortality (×10³/year)	Deaths per 100 000 (year⁻¹)	YLL (×10⁶/year)	LLE (years)	Avoidable LLE (years)	Avoidable mortality (×10³/year)	LRI	COPD	LC	CEV	IHD	Other NCD
Africa	957	81	40.0	3.1	0.7	230	378	36	7	113	224	199
East Asia	3112	196	67.4	3.9	3.0	2403	204	511	300	738	779	580
South Asia	2809	119	83.6	3.3	1.9	1660	478	509	61	383	981	397
West Asia	544	94	14.6	2.3	1.0	241	50	27	19	76	292	80
Europe	790	133	14.3	2.2	1.7	608	54	49	54	64	313	256
Australia	14	47	0.3	0.8	0.2	3	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.6	4	7
North America	360	74	7.5	1.4	1.1	294	24	40	24	14	112	146
South America	207	42	5.3	1.0	0.5	115	30	14	6	14	63	80
World	8793	120	233	2.9	1.7	5554	1218	1187	472	1403	2768	1745

	Mortality (×10³/year)	Deaths per 100 000 (year⁻¹)	YLL (×10⁶/year)	LLE (years)	Avoidable LLE (years)	Avoidable mortality (×10³/year)	Mortality for disease categories (×10³/year)
	Mortality (×10³/year)	Deaths per 100 000 (year⁻¹)	YLL (×10⁶/year)	LLE (years)	Avoidable LLE (years)	Avoidable mortality (×10³/year)	LRI	COPD	LC	CEV	IHD	Other NCD
Africa	957	81	40.0	3.1	0.7	230	378	36	7	113	224	199
East Asia	3112	196	67.4	3.9	3.0	2403	204	511	300	738	779	580
South Asia	2809	119	83.6	3.3	1.9	1660	478	509	61	383	981	397
West Asia	544	94	14.6	2.3	1.0	241	50	27	19	76	292	80
Europe	790	133	14.3	2.2	1.7	608	54	49	54	64	313	256
Australia	14	47	0.3	0.8	0.2	3	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.6	4	7
North America	360	74	7.5	1.4	1.1	294	24	40	24	14	112	146
South America	207	42	5.3	1.0	0.5	115	30	14	6	14	63	80
World	8793	120	233	2.9	1.7	5554	1218	1187	472	1403	2768	1745

Avoidable LLE and mortality were calculated by removing anthropogenic emissions in the model. Australia also includes other islands of Oceania. Data for all countries, including 95% uncertainty intervals, are given in the Supplementary material online, Tables (overall uncertainty about ±50%).

CEV, cerebrovascular disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IHD, ischaemic heart disease; LC, lung cancer; LLE, loss of life expectancy; LRI, lower respiratory infections; NCD, non-communicable diseases; YLL, years of life lost.

Excess mortality expresses the number of deaths over a given period that would not occur in the absence of exposure.

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