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Environmental

Urban air pollution exposure

Estimated long-term acute risk contribution from a day of exposure to average urban air pollution.

Base risk estimate

0.05 micromorts per days

Population-level estimate. Not a personal prediction.

Assumptions

Assumes population-level average urban air quality exposure.

Limitations

Highly variable by city, region, season, and individual health. Long-term chronic risk is methodologically distinct from acute daily risk — this framing has significant limitations.

Source notes

Placeholder value for development only. WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines (2021) and Health Effects Institute (HEI) reports provide population-attributable mortality estimates from PM2.5 and ozone exposure. Converting chronic population-attributable mortality to acute per-day micromorts requires careful methodology (see Pope CA & Dockery DW, J Air Waste Manag Assoc 2006;56:709-742). This framing conflates chronic risk with acute per-unit risk.

Last reviewed

6/10/2026

RiskLens is an educational tool. It uses population-level estimates to help explain relative risk. It is not a prediction of your personal risk and should not be used as medical, legal, financial, or safety advice.