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Table 4 Top 20 countries with highest fraction of annual premature mortality attributed to natural sources of PM2.5 over total PM2.5 related mortality in 2010 for the population <5 and ≥30 years old

From: Implementing the US air quality standard for PM2.5 worldwide can prevent millions of premature deaths per year

Country

PM2.5 deaths (×103)

Natural sources deaths (×103)

Fraction (%)

Sudan

24

24 (23)

100 (96)

Iraq

19

19 (18)

100 (95)

Saudi Arabia

14

14 (13)

100 (93)

Niger

13

13 (12)

100 (92)

Mali

9.4

9.3 (9.0)

99 (96)

Chad

7.4

7.3 (7.2)

99 (97)

Burkina Faso

9.3

9.1 (8.6)

98 (92)

Egypt

34

33 (31)

97 (91)

Cameroon

8.3

7.9 (7.2)

95 (87)

Ghana

9.3

8.7 (8.0)

93 (86)

D.R. Congo

15

13 (13)

87 (87)

Nigeria

89

76 (61)

85 (68)

Algeria

13

11 (11)

85 (85)

Morocco

13

11 (10)

85 (77)

Iran

25

21 (20)

84 (80)

Uzbekistan

11

7.8 (6.8)

71 (62)

Pakistan

105

65 (27)

62 (26)

India

575

94 (14)

16 (2)

Indonesia

51

8.2 (8.5)

16 (17)

China

1327

125 (46)

9 (3)

World

3155

692 (460)

22 (14)

  1. In parentheses results of sensitivity calculations where carbonaceous aerosol compounds are assumed to be five times more toxic compared to inorganic and crustal compounds