The average number of deaths in the Netherlands attributable to air pollution decreased significantly between 1990 and 2016. However, since then annual deaths from air pollution have been gradually increasing, and in 2019 it was estimated that 4,970 lives were cut short due to poor air quality.
Number of deaths attributable to air pollution in the Netherlands from 1990 to 2019
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Mean number of deaths attributable to air pollution
The numbers of deaths attributable to air pollution in a given year includes deaths that have likely occurred months or even years earlier than might be expected in the absence of air pollution (as in the case of a child dying from a lower-respiratory infection).
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Health Effects Institute. (October 21, 2020). Number of deaths attributable to air pollution in the Netherlands from 1990 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/827736/air-pollution-deaths-netherlands/
Health Effects Institute. "Number of deaths attributable to air pollution in the Netherlands from 1990 to 2019." Chart. October 21, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 05, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/827736/air-pollution-deaths-netherlands/
Health Effects Institute. (2020). Number of deaths attributable to air pollution in the Netherlands from 1990 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/827736/air-pollution-deaths-netherlands/
Health Effects Institute. "Number of Deaths Attributable to Air Pollution in The Netherlands from 1990 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/827736/air-pollution-deaths-netherlands/
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