Air Pollution Data 2024. Indoor air pollution is mostly the result of the burning of solid fuels such as crop waste, dung, charcoal, and coal for cooking. Almost all of the global population (99%) are exposed to air pollution levels that put them at increased risk for diseases including heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer and pneumonia.
Assessing particle pollution concentrations along with composition data aids in understanding the effectiveness of pollution controls and in quantifying the impacts to public health, regional visibility, ecology and climate. In the chart here, we see death rates from.