Nigeria has the highest maternal mortality in the world. It’s the country with highest number of extremely poor people in the world and now, it has the highest burden of fatalities from air pollution in Africa and 4th globally.



According to the just released annual State of the Global Air Report published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI), air quality in Nigeria and at least 10 other countries is among the deadliest anywhere on earth with higher than ambient air pollution death rates as a result of the environmental hazards combined with extreme pollution sources like generator fumes, vehicle emissions and crop burning among others.

The HEI chart notes that there were 150 deaths per age-standardized deaths per 100,000 people attributable to air pollution in Nigeria in 2016 (the latest year of available data), compared to high industrialised countries like China, 117 deaths per 100,000 people; Russia, 62 deaths per 100,000 people; Germany, 22 deaths per 100,000 people; United Kingdom, 21 deaths per 100,000 people; the United States, 21 deaths per 100,000 people; Japan 13 deaths per 100,000 people and Canada, 12 deaths per 100,000 people.

Only Afghanistan with 406; Pakistan, 207, and India, 195 deaths per 100,000 people per country, exceed the Nigerian figure (150 deaths per 100,000).

The report notes that 95 percent of the world’s population is breathing unhealthy air. It said long-term exposure to air pollution contributed to just over 6 million deaths in 2016 with strokes, lung disease, lung cancer and heart attacks linked to many of them. After smoking, high blood pressure and poor diet, air pollution is the fourth-highest cause of death worldwide with most deaths occurring in developing countries.

Air pollution is hardly listed among causes of death on death certificates in Nigeria, yet the health conditions linked to air pollution exposure, such as lung cancer and emphysema, are often fatal.

According to a 2016 World Health Organisation report, Onitsha, Kaduna, Aba and Umuahia were among four of the 20 African cities with the worst air quality in the world.

The WHO measured air quality by examining the annual mean concentration of particulate matter in nearly 3,000 cities across the world with populations of at least 100,000. Onitsha’s average annual PM10 was 594 – nearly 30 times greater than the WHO-recommended annual level of 20. Kaduna, Aba, and Umuahia cities were ranked among the top 20 worst cities measured by PM10, ranking 8th, 9th, and 19th, respectively.

Air pollution is now the fourth-highest cause of death worldwide, trailing smoking, high blood pressure and diet, with the majority of deaths recorded in poorer nations with India and China leading the world in the total number of deaths attributable to air pollution in 2016 with 1.61 million and 1.58 million respectively. Data from the report show that ambient levels of unsafe air continue to exceed the Air Quality Guideline established by the World Health Organisation, WHO.



https://listwand.com/2018/09/air-pollution-nigeria-ranks-4th-deadliest-in-the-world/

NIGHTMARE0O7:

No be new thing

Don't worry,

Be happy.


Let someone who has something serious to say please come up!

SooCute:
Don't worry,
Be happy.

Let someone who has something serious to say please come up!

Why should we be happy

Ok

We jus dey make headlines for bad bad things

i taya for this country ,

This country ranks top in every bad ratings why??

thunder scatter Buhari Insha'Allah amin
Thunder scatter all Buhari's supporters masha Allah amin

Naija my country
smh

My beloved country be topping charts


GREAT JOB

Port Harcourt ought to be on that list

It's all right

Nigeria is always among first 10 in bad things. Last 10 in good things

Where is PDP? Fresh Air!

Kai

Up NIGERIA,at least we qualified for the air pollution champions league,,way to go the Buharis

The kind beans mess wey some people dey mess sef fit deplit ozone layer

We too much for this country. Especially Lagos. That's why everywhere is hot. Hardly much air to breathe

Must Nigeria appear on every bad list.

Naija for show. Na for that kind thing we dey always see position.

hisexcellency34:
Nigeria is always among first 10 in bad things. Last 10 in good things

But some ppl say it's a lie

The way we become tops in bad rating these days is tiring

Here in Ph it's getting worse. Somebody cannot sleep in peace again without inhaling soot from gas flaring.

Everything is just wrong about this country. Haba

We go top for things like this

We knew it Long!!! Long!! Long! Time ago..even the ooze from the centre do kill oxgen the life air..you can imagine the centre man.

it easier for a cow to live longer in Nigeria than average Nigerian ! if boko haram did not , those paid to protect will , if hunger did not ,the present politicians will lure you to as political thugs .if bad roads did not , bad air will destroy you system . is been a Nigeria the highest curse on earth ? I reject to be a victim in this country.