Premature deaths attributable to air pollution in 2013

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Table 10.1 Premature deaths attributable to PM_2.5, NO₂and O₃ exposure in 41 European countries and the EU-28, 2013

Country	Population	PM_2.5		NO₂		O₃
Country	Population	Annual mean (^c)	Premature deaths	Annual mean (^c)	Premature deaths	SOMO35 (^c)	Premature deaths
Austria	8 451 860	15.7	6 960	19.3	910	5 389	330
Belgium	11 161 642	16.6	10 050	23.6	2 320	2 520	210
Bulgaria	7 284 552	24.1	13 700	16.5	570	4 082	330
Croatia	4 262 140	16.8	4 820	15.8	160	5 989	240
Cyprus	865 878	17.1	450	7.3	< 5	7 900	30
Czech Republic	10 516 125	19.6	12 030	17.1	330	4 266	370
Denmark	5 602 628	9.6	2 890	13	60	2 749	110
Estonia	1 320 174	7.8	690	10.8	< 5	2 545	30
Finland	5 426 674	5.9	1 730	9.4	< 5	2 011	80
France	63 697 865	14.5	45 120	18.7	8 230	4 098	1 780
Germany	80 523 746	14.2	73 400	20.4	10 610	3 506	2 500
Greece	11 003 615	19.7	13 730	14.6	1 490	8 532	840
Hungary	9 908 798	18.2	12 890	16.8	390	4 604	460
Ireland	4 591 087	9.2	1 520	11.6	30	2 043	50
Italy	59 685 227	18.2	66 630	24.5	21 040	6 576	3 380
Latvia	2 023 825	12.8	2 080	13.7	110	2 614	60
Lithuania	2 971 905	13.9	3 170	11.5	< 5	2 703	90
Luxembourg	537 039	14.3	280	23.4	80	3 167	10
Malta	421 364	12.5	230	12	< 5	7 403	20
Netherlands	16 779 575	14.3	11 530	21.3	1 820	2 410	270
Poland	38 062 535	22.8	48 270	16.1	1 610	3 792	1 150
Portugal	9 918 548	10	6 070	14	150	5 091	420
Romania	20 020 074	18.5	25 330	17.9	1 900	2 221	430
Slovakia	5 410 836	20.1	5 620	16	< 5	5 116	200
Slovenia	2 058 821	17.4	1 960	17.6	150	6 540	100
Spain	44 454 505	11	23 940	18	4 280	5 895	1 760
Sweden	9 555 893	6	3 020	11.5	< 5	2 317	160
United Kingdom	63 905 297	11.8	37 930	22.8	11 940	1 606	710
Albania	2 874 545	20.3	2 010	15.9	10	7 179	100
Andorra	76 246	11.9	40	14.3	< 5	7 303	< 5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 839 265	16	3 620	15.7	80	5 670	180
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2 062 294	30.4	3 360	20.8	210	6 326	100
Iceland	321 857	6.5	80	14.3	< 5	1 473	< 5
Kosovo (^a)	1 815 606	28	3 530	19.3	230	5 691	100
Liechtenstein	36 838	11.4	20	22.7	10	5 221	< 5
Monaco	36 136	13.8	20	23.2	10	7 795	< 5
Montenegro	620 893	17.1	600	17.2	30	6 674	30
Norway	5 051 275	7.1	1 590	14.4	170	2 443	70
San Marino	33 562	15.1	30	15.4	< 5	5 067	< 5
Serbia	7 181 505	21.1	10 730	20.2	1 340	4 505	320
Switzerland	8 039 060	13.9	4 980	22.4	1 140	4 919	240
Total (^b)		467 000		71 000		17 000
EU-28 (^b)		436 000		68 000		16 000

Notes
(^a) Under the UN Security Council Resolution 1244/99.
(^b) Total and EU-28 figures are rounded up or down to the nearest thousand. The national totals to the nearest ten.
(^c) The annual mean (in μg/m³) and the SOMO35 (in (μg/m³).day), expressed as population-weighted concentration, is obtained according to the methodology described by ETC/ACM (2016b), and not only from monitoring stations.

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