An estimated 12.6 million deaths each year are attributable to
unhealthy environments, according to a new report by the World Health
Organization (WHO).
The second edition of the report, “Preventing disease through healthy environments: a global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental risks”, reveals that since the report was first published a decade ago, deaths due to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) amount to as much as 8.2 million of these deaths.
NCDs, such as stroke, heart disease, cancers
and chronic respiratory disease, now amount to nearly two-thirds of the
total deaths caused by unhealthy environments.
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Source: Euronews
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