Brent local authority · 2024
Room to breathe
6.6%
Deaths linked to particle pollution.
Air pollution: estimated fraction of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution · Persons, 30+ yrs
England: 5.3% · 2024
healthcards · Brent · 2024
What this means
An estimated 6.6% of deaths among people aged 30 and over in Brent are linked to fine particle pollution (PM2.5). It is a modelled estimate, not a count of death certificates.
Fingertips marks this indicator Not compared to England — shown for context only, not ranked.
Recent observations (Brent)
- 2021: 6.5%
- 2022: 7.4%
- 2023: 6.2%
- 2024: 6.6%
These points share an indicator, sex, age and period type. Source-method changes and overlapping pooled periods can limit comparisons; see the caveats.
Share this card
Share a link or download an image to post or send. Each image includes the area, reporting period, statistic and source.
/brent/cards/air-pollution-deaths
Source & provenance
- Indicator:
- Air pollution: estimated fraction of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution (ID 93861)
- Source:
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
- Area:
- Brent (E09000005), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
- Period:
- 2024; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
- Population:
- Persons, 30+ yrs
Caveats
- Modelled estimate combining pollution maps with death rates — not directly counted deaths.
- No confidence intervals published; small year-to-year moves may be modelling noise.
- Lower means a smaller estimated share of deaths linked to pollution.
Missing or suppressed values are never shown as zero — every card above passed validation with a real numeric value.