highest number of deaths attributable to air pollution exposure in 2019 were in China and India, at 1.8 million and 1.7 million, respectively.
It was estimated that there 6.7 million deaths attributable to air pollution worldwide in 2019. Of this total, 2.3 million were attributable to indoor air pollution. The Estimated number of deaths from air pollution worldwide in 2019, by type
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