Premature deaths attributable to air pollution

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Premature deaths attributable to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), ozone (O3) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exposure in 2012 in 40 European countries and the EU 28.

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Country	PM_2.5	O₃	NO₂
Austria	6 100	320	660
Belgium	9 300	170	2 300
Bulgaria	14 100	500	700
Croatia	4 500	270	50
Cyprus	790	40	0
Czech Republic	10 400	380	290
Denmark	2 900	110	50
Estonia	620	30	0
Finland	1 900	60	0
France	43 400	1 500	7 700
Germany	59 500	2 100	10 400
Greece	11 100	780	1 300
Hungary	12 800	610	720
Ireland	1 200	30	0
Italy	59 500	3 300	21 600
Latvia	1 800	60	90
Lithuania	2 300	80	0
Luxembourg	250	10	60
Malta	200	20	0
Netherlands	10 100	200	2 800
Poland	44 600	1 100	1 600
Portugal	5 400	320	470
Romania	25 500	720	1 500
Slovakia	5 700	250	60
Slovenia	1 700	100	30
Spain	25 500	1 800	5 900
Sweden	3 700	160	10
United Kingdom	37 800	530	14 100
Albania	2 200	140	270
Andorra	60	4	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 500	200	70
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	3 000	130	210
Iceland	100	2	0
Liechtenstein	20	1	3
Monaco	30	2	7
Montenegro	570	40	20
Norway	1 700	70	200
San Marino	30	2	0
Serbia (^a)	13 400	550	1 100
Switzerland	4 300	240	950
Total (^b)	432 000	17 000	75 000
EU-28 (^b)	403 000	16 000	72 000

Notes: (^a) Including Kosovo, under the UN Security Council Resolution 1244/99.
(^b) 'Total' and 'EU-28' figures are rounded up or down to the nearest thousand.

Source: Air quality in Europe — 2015 report

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