Around 4.5 million premature deaths worldwide from air pollution https://www.mpg.de/12118117/air-pollution-cause-of-death
In 2015, around 4.5 million people died prematurely from diseases attributed to ambient air pollution, including 237,000 children under the age of five from respiratory infections. This is the result of a study published by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Inadequate medical care and malnourishment increase the danger for children Annually