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City of London local authority · 2024

Room to breathe

8.1%

Deaths linked to particle pollution.

Air pollution: estimated fraction of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution · Persons, 30+ yrs

England: 5.3% · 2024

healthcards · City of London · 2024

What this means

An estimated 8.1% of deaths among people aged 30 and over in City of London 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 (City of London)

  1. 2021: 7.2%
  2. 2022: 8.3%
  3. 2023: 7.4%
  4. 2024: 8.1%

These points share an indicator, sex, age and period type. Source-method changes and overlapping pooled periods can limit comparisons; see the caveats.

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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:
City of London (E09000001), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
Period:
2024; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
Population:
Persons, 30+ yrs

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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.