About this data

Source: UK Health Security Agency and OHID, Public Health Outcomes Framework (Fingertips)

• PM2.5 concentrations are modelled annual averages for each area, weighted by where people live. They include PM2.5 from all sources, natural and human-made.
• The share of deaths is the estimated fraction of deaths among adults aged 30 and over attributable to long-term exposure to PM2.5. It is not a count of people whose death was caused by air pollution alone: air pollution contributes to deaths from many causes, mainly heart and lung disease.
• Figures are for local authorities in England, on the boundaries in use for each year. Several councils were merged in 2019, 2021 and 2023, so some older areas only have figures for earlier years.

This chart appears in Air pollution.