Table 1 Health risks of air pollution in countries with varied incomes
From: The challenge of population aging for mitigating deaths from PM2.5 air pollution in China
World (2015) | China (2015) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income levels | Percentage of older adults (65 years or more) (%) | Death rate attributable to air pollution (per 100 thousand) | Regions | Percentage of older adults (65 years or more) (%) | Death rate attributable to air pollution (per 100 thousand) |
High income | 22.5 | 0.7 | East and South | 22.2 | 1.2 |
Upper-middle income | 12.6 | 0.9 | North and Northeast | 28.4 | 1.5 |
Lower-middle and low income | 4.8 | 1.3 | Central and Northwest | 21.7 | 1.7 |
