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Where does air pollution come from?

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233 points kamaraju | 1 comments | 02 Apr 25 04:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rdtsc ◴[02 Apr 25 06:19 UTC] No.43554101[source]▶
The deaths breakdown by region is interesting:

Africa: 1.8M

South America: 149k

North America: 179k

Australia: 4k

Europe: 434k

Asia: 6.3M

I guess to keep it positive, I'd say "Great job, Australia"!

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NhanH ◴[02 Apr 25 06:26 UTC] No.43554147[source]▶
Asia has about 4.8B population, Australia has 26M. On a per capita basis Australia has about 1x% more deaths
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1. brokegrammer ◴[02 Apr 25 06:36 UTC] No.43554185[source]▶
My thoughts exactly. Africa and Asia see the highest numbers but this is proportional to the population count. Plus, countries in these regions have less advanced healthcare than in countries like Australia, but the latter still has a higher death rate. Quite mysterious.