The World's Fastest-Growing Cause of Death Is Pollution From Car Exhaust

In 2010, the three leading risk factors for global disease burden were high blood pressure (70% [95% uncertainty interval 62?77] of global DALYs), tobacco smoking including second-hand smoke (63% [55?70]), and alcohol use (55% [50?59]). In 1990, the leading risks were childhood underweight (79% [68?94]), household air pollution from solid fuels (HAP; 70% [56?83]), and tobacco smoking including second-hand smoke (61% [54?68]). Dietary risk factors and physical inactivity collectively accounted for 100% (95% UI 92?108) of global DALYs in 2010, with the most prominent dietary risks being diets low in fruits and those high in sodium. Several risks that primarily affect childhood communicable diseases, including unimproved water and sanitation and childhood micronutrient deficiencies, fell in rank between 1990 and 2010, with unimproved water and sanitation accounting for 09% (04?16) of global DALYs in 2010. However, in most of sub-Saharan Africa childhood underweight, HAP, and non-exclusive and discontinued breastfeeding were the leading risks in 2010, while HAP was the leading risk in south Asia. The leading risk factor in Eastern Europe, most of Latin America, and southern sub-Saharan Africa in 2010 was alcohol use; in most of Asia, North Africa and Middle East, and central Europe it was high blood pressure. Despite declines, tobacco smoking including second-hand smoke remained the leading risk in high-income north America and western Europe. High body-mass index has increased globally and it is the leading risk in Australasia and southern Latin America, and also ranks high in other high-income regions, North Africa and Middle East, and Oceania.

The news here is that the risk factors have shifted in the last 20 years, not that "OMG cars are baaaaad", still, salty foods are a lot more likely too kill you than a car exhaust.

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