Air Pollution: Death
(asked on 19th May 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of deaths that were attributed to air pollution in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne, (b) the North East and (c) England in each of the last five years.
Of the last five years, data estimates are available are for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. The following table shows the fraction of adult mortality attributable to long-term exposure to human-made particulate air pollution in Newcastle upon Tyne, the North East and England.
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 3.6% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 3.5% |
North East | 3.6% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 3.6% |
England | 5.4% | 5.1% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
Source: https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/search/air%20pollution