Survive Breathing: Reduce Household Air Pollution to Save Lives and Help the Climate

Number of deaths a ributable to household air pollution (per 100000 capita)

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High-income countries

Americas (excluding high-income)

Europe (excluding high-income)

Eastern Mediterranean (excluding high-income)

Children 534 000

Africa

Men 1 991 000

Western Pacific (excluding high-income)

South-East Asia

Women 1 767 000

Stroke Ischaemic heart disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Acute lower respiratory infection (children < 5 years) Lung cancer

Figure 5: HAP burden of deaths, by category 2012. 5 While women tend to be more exposed to household air pollution than men because they are much more involved in daily cooking activities, the absolute bur- den is larger in men because they are more affected by other diseases.

Figure 4: Deaths caused by household air pollution, organized by World Health Organization regions (2012). 4 Of the 4.3 million deaths attributable to HAP, almost all are in low and middle-income countries.

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