Disability-adjusted life years attributable to ambient air pollution per 100,000 population, as estimated by the World Health Organization. The dataset quantifies the global health burden from outdoor air pollution exposure. It is produced by the WHO's Global Health Observatory.
Use Cases
- Ranking countries by pollution-attributable DALYs per 100k population to identify high-burden regions.
- Correlating ambient pollution DALY estimates with national GDP or urbanization metrics.
- Modeling temporal trends in the health burden from particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone.
- Estimating the potential health gains from achieving WHO air quality guideline targets.
Strengths
- Data originates from the authoritative World Health Organization.
- Covers a global geography, enabling cross-country comparisons.
- Focuses on a standardized health metric (DALYs) for consistent analysis.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
- Underlying estimation models and uncertainty ranges may not be provided.
- Data may not be updated frequently, limiting trend analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health Observatory
- Collection Method
- Estimated using risk assessment models linking air pollution exposure to disease burden.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Global, likely country-level