PAPA

Effects of PMEffects of PM1010 on Daily Mortality: Asia in on Daily Mortality: Asia inthe Global Contextthe Global Context

PAPA

Asia Bears the Largest Burden ofAsia Bears the Largest Burden ofDisease from Air PollutionDisease from Air PollutionAttributable Deaths in 2000Attributable Deaths in 2000

WHO 2002

PAPA

Asia Has the Highest Air PollutionLevels in the World

Krzyzanowski and Cohen 2008

PAPA

Fossil Fuel Consumption in Asia ExpectedFossil Fuel Consumption in Asia Expectedto Increaseto Increase

PAPAA: very low child and adult mortalityB: low child and adult mortalityC: low child, high adultD: high child, high adultE: high child, very high adult

Number of people at high CV risk globally in 2000Number of people at high CV risk globally in 2000(A Rogers 2005)(A Rogers 2005)

5 m

4 m

38 m

19 m1 m

5 m12 m

46 m18 m

36 m

7 m

45 m16 m

50 m

>175 million people at25%+ risk >175 millionpeople at 25%+ risk of a

major CV event in the nextdecade, by WHO subregionof a major CV event in the

next decade, by WHOsubregion