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Table 3 Mean annual increase in PM2.5 concentration (μg/m3) due to peatland fires, by year and province

From: The health impacts of Indonesian peatland fires

Province

2013

(typical rainfall)

2014

(dry year)

2015

(dry year)

2016

(wet year)

2017

(wet year)

2013–17

Sumatra

5.4

7.8

16.8

0.9

2.2

6.6

 Aceh

1.2

0.0

3.2

0.0

0.8

1.0

 Jambi

10.4

19.5

34.5

1.9

4.3

14.0

 Riau

12.5

20.5

26.1

0.0

1.2

11.9

 South Sumatra

10.8

19.0

33.4

3.5

5.1

14.3

 North Sumatra

0.8

0.0

8.3

0.0

0.0

1.8

 Bangka Belitung

6.5

8.4

17.4

4.6

3.4

8.0

 Riau Islands

7.6

7.3

13.3

4.1

1.9

6.8

 Lampung

5.8

4.2

8.5

0.0

4.3

4.5

 West Sumatra

0.0

1.8

18.5

0.0

0.6

4.2

 Bengkulu

5.6

7.1

16.5

0.0

3.0

6.4

Kalimantan

4.1

13.3

21.3

0.6

0.9

8.0

 West Kalimantan

4.6

12.9

22.8

0.6

0.5

8.2

 South Kalimantan

3.2

10.6

18.2

0.7

1.4

6.8

 Central Kalimantan

4.2

25.1

33.1

0.0

1.2

12.6

 East + North Kalimantan

4.1

9.4

15.3

0.8

0.9

6.0