[Stoves] Premature deaths

[Nikhil Desai]

Crispin, friends:

Join me in celebrating an avoided premature death and hopefully 25 DALYs for me today.  

Took just an hour. 

Despite EPA/WHO's air pollution. 

Hospitals need more money, not oil companies. 

IHME is responsible for 50 million premature deaths per year. 

Nikhil 


> On May 15, 2018, at 1:04 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <crispinpigott at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear friends
> 
> Further to my message a couple of days ago, here is the ‎link to a more realistic assessment by the WHO. This link is on the same page as the misinformation quoted earlier. 
> 
> ‎http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/household-air-pollution-and-health
> 
> It correctly talked about premature deaths, not causes of death.
> 
> +++++
> Pneumonia
> 
> Exposure to household air pollution almost doubles the risk for childhood pneumonia and is responsible for  45% of all pneumonia deaths in children less than 5 years old.   Household air pollution is also risk for acute lower respiratory infections (pneumonia) in adults, and contributes to 28% of all adult deaths to pneumonia. 
> 
> +++++
> 
> One quibble is that ‎the number claimed for PM2.5 being a 'cause of pneumonia' does not disaggregate chest infections cause by chronic under-heating from smoke-attributable conditions. 
> 
> Regards 
> Crispin 
> 
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