This statistic presents the most polluted metropolitan area in the United States as of 2016, by disease. According to the American Lung Association, 47.3 thousand people living in Bakersfield, California, were at risk from suffering adult asthma caused by particle pollution and is considered one of the regions most polluted by year-round particle pollution.
Number of people at risk in metropolitans most polluted by year-round particle pollution in the U.S. in 2016
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