Air pollution resulting in an increase in mortality

Contributed to high levels of pollution, deaths from pneumonia, according to British scientists. A team of scientists from the University of Birmingham examined mortality and air pollution in 352 villages between 1996 and 2004. Scientists have found a connection between the two. The study was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Issledoveniya authors exclude that social factors play an important role. Based on counting the number of deaths was carried out in the village, above the average of mortality. Scientists have this number by the increase in air pollution compared in view of the exhaust gases of motor vehicles. According to statistics, during the eight years of the study of pneumonia 386,374 people died. In addition, mortality residential significantly dependent. In the big cities, the highest mortality rates from pneumonia in 35 large cities, was the death rate of pneumonia more than 14,718 cases of the national average. Even in these areas, the growth of cancer and cardiovascular disease was seen. According to scientists, the environment is an important risk factor for several diseases. According to estimates by the British experts, the London smog in 1952 killed about 4,000 people. Often the cause of illness and death specialists look at factors such as smoking. While it is the environment may be an important risk factor.