Table 5.4.
Economic costs of deaths attributable to ambient particulate matter (PM) air pollution and occupational exposure resulting from plastics production, global, 2015. PPP, purchasing power parity; RoW, rest of world.
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| VALUE OF PM DEATHS (IN 2015 PPP BILLION) |
VALUE OF OCCUPATIONAL DEATHS (IN 2015 PPP BILLION) |
TOTAL VALUE (2015 PPP BILLION) | TOTAL (UNIT: %) | |
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| EU | 24.42 | 3.11 | 27.54 | 10.98% |
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| US | 19.13 | 2.61 | 21.74 | 8.67% |
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| China | 66.30 | 21.29 | 87.59 | 34.94% |
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| RoW Asia | 64.94 | 8.03 | 72.98 | 29.11% |
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| RoW Americas | 8.76 | 1.60 | 10.36 | 4.13% |
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| RoW Europe | 8.15 | 1.32 | 9.47 | 3.78% |
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| RoW Africa | 8.22 | 0.47 | 8.69 | 3.47% |
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| RoW Middle East | 11.83 | 0.48 | 12.31 | 4.91% |
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| Total | 211.75 | 38.92 | 250.67 | 100.00% |
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Source: Authors’ calculations.