Fig. 5: Trends in global and regional PM2.5 health burden, showing exposure and mortality mitigation counteracting population growth and aging.
From: Reversal of trends in global fine particulate matter air pollution
In each panel, gray points and lines indicate the time series of annual PM2.5-attributable mortalities (error bars represent the 95% confidence intervals), and colored bars represent changes (relative to 2011) attributed to exposure (dark red), baseline mortality rate (orange), population aging (light blue), and population growth (dark blue). Numbers inset at the right of each panel indicate the accumulated changes in mortality during 2012–2019 vs. 2011, colored by each of the four driving factors. Values following the region name at the top of each panel are the net changes during 2012–2019 summed from the four driving factors.
