Years of life lost attributable to air pollution in 2013

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Table 10.2 Years of life lost (YLL) attributable to PM_2.5, NO₂ and O₃ exposure in 41 European countries and the EU-28, 2013

	PM2.5		NO2		O3
Country	YLL	YLL/100 000 inhabitants	YLL	YLL/100 000 inhabitants	YLL	YLL/100 000 inhabitants
Austria	72 600	859	9 500	112	3 600	43
Belgium	103 600	928	23 900	214	2 300	21
Bulgaria	136 500	1 874	5 700	78	3 500	48
Croatia	47 800	1 122	1 600	37	2 500	58
Cyprus	4 700	540	< 10	0	300	37
Czech Republic	129 600	1 233	3 600	34	4 100	39
Denmark	31 600	563	600	12	1 300	23
Estonia	7 300	556	< 10	0	300	25
Finland	18 300	337	< 10	0	900	16
France	504 000	791	91 900	144	20 900	33
Germany	759 000	943	109 700	136	27 200	33
Greece	135 900	1 235	14 700	134	8 600	78
Hungary	138 700	1 400	4 200	42	5 100	51
Ireland	17 300	376	300	6	600	12
Italy	695 500	1 165	219 700	368	36 500	61
Latvia	22 000	1 085	1 200	57	600	32
Lithuania	31 600	1 063	< 10	0	900	30
Luxembourg	3 100	585	800	157	100	19
Malta	2 400	571	< 10	0	200	50
Netherlands	125 200	746	19 800	118	3 100	18
Poland	578 500	1 520	19 300	51	14 400	38
Portugal	62 700	632	1 600	16	4 500	45
Romania	265 700	1 327	19 900	100	4 800	24
Slovakia	63 100	1 167	< 10	0	2 400	45
Slovenia	21 400	1 037	1 700	80	1 200	56
Spain	253 100	569	45 300	102	19 300	43
Sweden	29 400	307	< 10	0	1 600	17
United Kingdom	407 400	637	128 300	201	8 100	13
Albania	21 000	730	100	3	1 200	43
Andorra	500	658	< 10	0	< 100	59
Bosnia and Herzegovina	38 700	1 007	900	23	2 000	52
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	35 800	1 734	2 200	109	1 200	57
Iceland	900	269	< 10	0	< 100	9
Kosovo (a)	35 100	1 935	2 300	128	1 100	60
Liechtenstein	200	632	< 100	159	< 100	42
Monaco	300	760	< 100	160	< 100	62
Montenegro	6 700	1 083	300	52	400	64
Norway	16 200	321	1 700	34	800	16
San Marino	300	979	< 10	0	< 100	47
Serbia	107 000	1 490	13 400	186	3 400	47
Switzerland	51 400	639	11 700	146	2 700	33
Total (b)	4 982 000		756 000		192 000
EU-28 (b)	4 668 000		723 000		179 000

Notes

YLL and YLL per 100 000 inhabitants: all-cause mortality.

(^a) Under the UN Security Council Resolution 1244/99.

(^b) Total and EU-28 figures are rounded up or down to the nearest thousand. YLL are rounded to the next hundred.

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