Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) - Country Ranking - Asia

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Afghanistan 195.00 2016
2 Lao PDR 182.00 2016
3 Yemen 179.00 2016
4 Nepal 173.00 2016
5 India 166.00 2016
6 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 158.00 2016
7 Philippines 151.00 2016
8 Pakistan 149.00 2016
9 Cambodia 140.00 2016
10 Bangladesh 137.00 2016
11 Myanmar 133.00 2016
12 Bhutan 130.00 2016
12 Timor-Leste 130.00 2016
14 Mongolia 119.00 2016
15 Tajikistan 115.00 2016
16 China 100.00 2016
17 Indonesia 94.00 2016
18 Kuwait 89.00 2016
19 Kyrgyz Republic 87.00 2016
20 Georgia 73.00 2016
21 Saudi Arabia 72.00 2016
22 Uzbekistan 66.00 2016
23 Iraq 64.00 2016
24 Sri Lanka 63.00 2016
24 Turkmenistan 63.00 2016
26 Syrian Arab Republic 62.00 2016
27 Azerbaijan 51.00 2016
28 Kazakhstan 47.00 2016
28 Thailand 47.00 2016
30 Iran 46.00 2016
31 United Arab Emirates 45.00 2016
32 Oman 43.00 2016
32 Vietnam 43.00 2016
34 Lebanon 41.00 2016
35 Malaysia 39.00 2016
35 Jordan 39.00 2016
37 Armenia 38.00 2016
38 Qatar 37.00 2016
39 Bahrain 35.00 2016
40 Russia 33.00 2016
41 Turkey 29.00 2016
42 Singapore 19.00 2016
43 Korea 14.00 2016
44 Brunei 11.00 2016
44 Israel 11.00 2016
46 Japan 8.00 2016

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Development Relevance: Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental risks to health. According to the World Health Organization, the combined effects of ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution cause about 7 million premature deaths every year. Most deaths occur due to increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. The majority of the burden is borne by populations in low and middle income countries.

Limitations and Exceptions: Estimates of the joint effects of air pollution are constrained by limited knowledge on the distribution of the population exposed to both household and ambient air pollution, correlation of exposures at individual level as household air pollution is a contributor to ambient air pollution, and non-linear interactions

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual