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Air Pollution's Global Impact on Human Health: An interactive visualization exploring the connections between air pollutants and disease mortality worldwide, revealing the devastating health consequences of environmental pollution.
The Mortality Web is an interactive data visualization that maps the complex relationships between air pollution and human mortality across the globe. Drawing from authoritative sources including the State of Global Air Report 2024, World Health Organization data, and the Global Burden of Disease Study, this tool reveals how different pollutants contribute to millions of preventable deaths each year.
The visualization demonstrates the interconnected nature of environmental health, showing how particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), ozone (O₃), and household air pollution drive mortality across cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, and cancer-related diseases. This resource serves as a powerful educational tool for understanding the public health crisis of air pollution.
Data Sources: State of Global Air Report 2024 | World Health Organization | Global Burden of Disease Study | Health Effects Institute