Table 2.

Percent of population (%) in excess of WHO PM_2.5 target within Global Burden of Disease^a regions.

Region	AQG (10 μg/m3)			IT3 (15 μg/m3)			IT2 (25 μg/m3)			IT1 (35 μg/m3)
	1998–2000	2010–2012	2010–2012*	1998–2000	2010–2012	2010–2012*	1998–2000	2010–2012	2010–2012*	1998–2000	2010–2012	2010–2012*
aLim et al. (2012). *Percent of population in excess of target based on 2010–2012 PM2.5 concentrations, but using 1998–2000 population distribution. Other columns use a population distribution according to their respective years.
Global	76	75	75	57	61	60	32	43	42	22	30	30
Asia Pacific, High Income	77	80	80	50	50	49	9	11	10	1	0	0
Asia, Central	78	84	82	56	69	68	14	18	17	2	2	2
Asia, East	95	99	99	86	95	95	67	84	84	51	70	70
Asia, South	92	100	100	75	98	97	43	78	77	27	52	51
Asia, Southeast	42	55	56	23	27	28	6	7	7	3	2	2
Australasia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caribbean	15	27	24	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Europe, Central	96	96	97	80	63	63	10	3	3	1	0	0
Europe, Eastern	66	68	67	28	22	21	2	0	0	0	0	0
Europe, Western	84	66	66	45	27	26	7	3	3	1	0	0
Latin America, Andean	23	26	26	10	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
Latin America, Central	43	34	34	24	9	9	11	1	0	6	0	0
Latin America, Southern	8	8	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latin America, Tropical	15	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Africa/Middle East	93	97	97	72	80	79	35	53	51	15	28	27
North America, High Income	62	19	20	17	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oceania	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sub-Saharan Africa, Central	65	60	59	34	27	26	5	2	2	1	0	0
Sub-Saharan Africa, East	32	38	38	19	19	20	8	9	9	3	3	3
Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern	3	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sub-Saharan Africa, West	97	96	95	91	84	84	74	56	55	51	32	32