This statistic displays the number of Great London's population that are living in areas that exceeded the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) annual mean UK Air Quality Strategy objective of 40 µg/m3 in 2016. As of 2016, there was a population of just over two million children aged 0 to 18 years old in Greater London. Of this population, more than 400,000 thousand are estimated to being exposed to toxic air. Overall, an estimated 24 percent of the population of Greater London lived in areas that exceeded the NO2 Annual mean.
Number of Greater London population living in areas with toxic air in 2016, by age group*
* Estimated number of population in London exposed to an annual average NO2 concentration above the Air Quality Strategy objective of 40µg/m3, based on the modelled 2016 ground level concentrations.
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Greater London Authority. (April 2, 2019). Number of Greater London population living in areas with toxic air in 2016, by age group* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/990934/london-population-toxic-air-exposure-united-kingdom/
Greater London Authority. "Number of Greater London population living in areas with toxic air in 2016, by age group*." Chart. April 2, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/990934/london-population-toxic-air-exposure-united-kingdom/
Greater London Authority. (2019). Number of Greater London population living in areas with toxic air in 2016, by age group*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/990934/london-population-toxic-air-exposure-united-kingdom/
Greater London Authority. "Number of Greater London Population Living in Areas with Toxic Air in 2016, by Age Group*." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/990934/london-population-toxic-air-exposure-united-kingdom/
Greater London Authority, Number of Greater London population living in areas with toxic air in 2016, by age group* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/990934/london-population-toxic-air-exposure-united-kingdom/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Number of Greater London population living in areas with toxic air in 2016, by age group* [Graph], Greater London Authority, April 2, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/990934/london-population-toxic-air-exposure-united-kingdom/
