Variable: PM2.5 exposure

QoG Code: (epi_pmd)


Dataset: Environmental Performance Index Data 2022

Description:

Ambient particulate matter pollution measured with the number of age-standardized disability-adjusted life-years lost per 100,000 persons (DALY rate) due to exposure to fine air particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5). The variable is log-transformed.

Original source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Transformation.

When using this variable, please cite both EPI and the original source.

Type of variable: Continuous


Last updated by source: 2022-06-06


Categories:

Environment


Find this variable in:

Environmental Indicators - 2021 Original Dataset

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This variable has information from the year 1995 to the year 2020