Premature deaths and years of life lost in 2019 as a result of environmental pollution in the 27 EU Member States

The left-hand maps illustrate premature deaths and years of life lost (YLL) attributable to a range of environmental pollution risk factors. The right-hand chart illustrates the non-communicable diseases linked to different environmental risk factors.  Noise is not included as a risk factor in the chart on the right as the data are not included in the IHME database. 

The primary purpose of the chart on the right is to illustrate the proportion of relevant non-communicable diseases associated with exposure to different air pollutants and this is based only on data from IHME (see source information below) as the EEA assessment data for premature deaths (e.g. for PM2.5) does not currently include a breakdown by disease. The total number of premature deaths estimated by IHME is lower than the EEA estimate, however both are of the same order of magnitude.