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humans · Homo sapiens
died early from breathing outdoor air
4.7 million
a year
0.149
a second
12,868
a day
from cooking smoke, indoors
3.1 million
a year
0.098
a second
8,487
a day
method State of Global Air 2024 / GBD 2021 for outdoor PM2.5 and household air pollution.
- about eight million a year in all. more than malaria, tuberculosis and hiv together.source: State of Global Air 2024; WHO
- both numbers are falling in most of the world and rising in south asia. the smoke moved. it did not go away.source: AQLI; State of Global Air 2024
- a share of delhi’s winter air is farmers burning rice stubble to plant wheat. that share is on this site’s ledger.source: IIT Kanpur; SAFAR; CREA
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how this number is built
- method
- State of Global Air 2024 / GBD 2021 for outdoor PM2.5 and household air pollution.
- range
- outdoor 4–5 million/yr; household 2.5–3.5 million/yr
- confidence
- estimate
- weakness
- none material for the totals; the food-system share is not quantified here.
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- OpenAQ, air in ten thousand cities right now
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