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<p>The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants estimates that the mortality
burden of the air pollution mixture (based on both PM<sub>2.5 </sub>and NO<sub>2</sub>)
in the UK is equivalent to 28,000 to 36,000 deaths per year. Mortality burden is a
statistical way of assessing the impact of diseases and pollution. Deaths of individuals
are not attributed directly to air quality. The equivalent figures at a more localised
level are not available.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England has, however, estimated
the fraction of adult mortality attributable to long-term exposure to particulate
air pollution at local authority level in the Public Health Outcomes Framework, available
to view and search online at: <a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework"
target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework</a>.</p>
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