Air pollution continues to pose a major health threat in Delhi, contributing to nearly 15% of all deaths in 2023, according to an analysis of Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 data by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). The findings estimate that 17,188 deaths in the capital were linked to ambient particulate matter exposure, equating to one in every seven deaths. While the union government maintains that a direct correlation between air pollution and mortality cannot be conclusively established, the GBD study remains one of the world’s most robust assessments of disease and death determinants across populations.
After air pollution, the leading contributors to mortality in Delhi were high systolic blood pressure (12.5%), high fasting plasma glucose (9%), high cholesterol (6%), and high body mass index (5.6%). Experts from the Centre for Research on Energy and…
