The article concludes with: "Compared with other causes of premature death, air pollution kills 19 times more people each year than malaria, nine times more th

The article concludes with: "Compared with other causes of premature death, air pollution kills 19 times more people each year than malaria, nine times more than HIV/AIDS, and three times more than alcohol. Coronary heart disease and stroke account for almost half of those deaths, with lung diseases and other non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure making up most of the rest. "