How Air Pollution is Killing People

Air pollution claim around 7 million deaths annually including people die due to air pollution in home or outdoor areas.

Deaths are connected directly to air pollution and people are dyeing may be don't known the reasons of death. Diseases are connected with domestic and open air pollution, have following stats.

Heart Diseases (Cardiovascular)

Ischaemic heart disease is the leading reason of deaths due to unsafe air.

Pneumonia

21% of deaths due to air pollution are caused by pneumonia in lungs, the second most reason of deaths in result of polluted air.

Stroke

Around 1,400,000, i.e. 20% of deaths are caused by brain stroke the outcome of air pollution.

Lung disease

If add all deaths because of lungs disease, which is 19% of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), with 21% of pneumonia and 7% of lungs cancer, lungs disease becomes the leading disease caused by air pollution, safe air is a must have requirement for life.

Lung Cancer

Around 400K deaths are linked with air pollution, one of the major reason of death caused by breathing in unsafe air taking inside.