Air pollution is responsible for more early deaths than many better known health risks

Loss of life expectancy

Decrement

Months

6

12

18

24

30

Dietary risks 32 months

All cancer 28

Tobacco 22

All air pollution 20

Ambient particulate matter 12

Household air pollution 9

Water sanitation 7

Lung cancer 5

Unsafe sex 4

Breast cancer 2

Ambient ozone less than 1