Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male 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 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 288.00 2016
2 Afghanistan 229.00 2016
3 Philippines 225.00 2016
4 Nepal 217.00 2016
5 Yemen 211.00 2016
6 Mongolia 203.00 2016
7 India 202.00 2016
8 Pakistan 197.00 2016
9 Lao PDR 196.00 2016
10 Myanmar 188.00 2016
11 Cambodia 164.00 2016
12 Bangladesh 161.00 2016
13 Timor-Leste 150.00 2016
14 Tajikistan 145.00 2016
15 Kyrgyz Republic 142.00 2016
16 Georgia 140.00 2016
17 Indonesia 134.00 2016
18 China 126.00 2016
19 Bhutan 120.00 2016
20 Kuwait 114.00 2016
21 Sri Lanka 100.00 2016
21 Turkmenistan 100.00 2016
21 Uzbekistan 100.00 2016
24 Vietnam 95.00 2016
25 Saudi Arabia 93.00 2016
26 Syrian Arab Republic 90.00 2016
27 Iraq 88.00 2016
28 Kazakhstan 86.00 2016
29 Azerbaijan 80.00 2016
30 Thailand 79.00 2016
31 Armenia 78.00 2016
32 Russia 73.00 2016
33 Turkey 69.00 2016
34 Jordan 65.00 2016
35 Oman 62.00 2016
36 Lebanon 61.00 2016
37 United Arab Emirates 59.00 2016
38 Iran 56.00 2016
38 Malaysia 56.00 2016
40 Qatar 52.00 2016
41 Bahrain 45.00 2016
42 Singapore 33.00 2016
43 Korea 29.00 2016
44 Israel 21.00 2016
45 Japan 17.00 2016
46 Brunei 15.00 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