Informe El medio ambiente en Europa: Estado y perspectivas 2020

PART 2
MAP 8.2
Estimated years of life lost per 100 000 population attributable to exposure to PM 2.5
in European
countries in 2016
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Years of life lost (YLL) per
100 000 population
attributable to exposure
to PM 2.5
in European
countries (2016)
YLL/100 000
< 469
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469-552
553-907
908-1 276
> 1 277
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Note:
Source:
YLL, years of life lost. The classification of values in map legends is quantiles, so one fifth of countries fall in each class. The calculations
are made for all of Europe and they may differ for specific studies at country level.
Based on EEA (2019b).
400 000
premature deaths per year
in Europe are attributable
to exposure to PM 2.5
.
A recent study (ETC/ACM et al., 2018)
assessed the long-term trends in the
exposure of the European population
to PM 2.5
concentrations from 1990 to
2015 and the associated premature
deaths. The study points to a median
decrease in premature mortality
attributed to exposure to PM 2.5
of
about 60 % in Europe between 1990
and 2015.
Existing scientific evidence (EEA, 2018c)
shows that in Europe some groups
are more affected by air pollution
than others because they are also
more exposed or vulnerable to
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